*The power of psychedelics is that they can reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime. —Sam Harris *About 20 million Americans have done mushrooms. And the Global Drug Survey says mushrooms carry the lowest physical risk of any recreational drug. “I’m…
It’s a new front in the crucial struggle to roll back the horror that is psychedelic prohibition. There are now two fronts open. First, there is the laborious, time-intensive and money-intensive pathway to obtaining the federal government’s approval of psychedelic substances for marketing in interstate commerce (i.e. demonstrating to the satisfaction of the FDA that…
Cannabis, like all psychoactive drugs, puts the user on a different level from the sober person, or from people on other drugs. That creates a distance. Drunk people can talk to each other wonderfully; two dudes on acid see the same visual distortions but for a dude who’s wasted [on liquor] to talk to a…
*ECfES Conservatory The fallout from the murder of Maestra Arévalo Lomas is emblematic of a common problem, what we are framing as spiritual extractivism. NGOs have left, foreigners have forgotten, and ayahuasca tourism is doing what ayahuasca tourism does – come in, get the medicine, feel unified with the universe, go back. However, as the…
But does soon-to-be-filed legislation do enough to ensure social equity under a legal cannabis system? The letter outlines seven policies that Baraka hopes will be featured in the marijuana legalization bill, which legislative leaders have said they hope to introduce and pass as soon as this month … The mayors emphasized the importance of remediating the…
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Even the old guard is taking note of this development, recognizing the new generation’s skill in working with psychedelics and the advances in their therapeutic use. [Jack Kornfield writes}, “It has to be done carefully and with the boundaries that the Buddha offered regarding ethics—not to harm yourself and not to harm others.” Those pushing…
Oregon is also stepping into the spotlight in this movement. A 2017 bill passed by the legislature moved toward decriminalizing heroin, cocaine, and a host of other substances, including psychedelics. The governor signed it shortly afterward, making these drugs a misdemeanor instead of a felony. Intention matters as well. Treating psilocybin as a party drug can result in unexpected and…
Some cannabis accelerators have shied away from working with businesses that have direct contact with weed, fearing federal crackdowns on legal markets. The Initiative will welcome them… wants to focus on making sure women CEOs keep a stake in cannabis—a disproportionately white and male industry. “This is absolutely businesses that are touching the plant,” Margolis…
“There are people with severe arthritis who have mobility issues that are using this medicine. You’re going to expect them to go trudge out outside in [cold, rainy weather] to take their prescription?” “Vaping being a part of this [propposed ban]? It is kind of hard not to use the word ridiculous when it comes…
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