Biography/Memoir

Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer talks…

…expounding on the debate of criminalization vs. regulation, he asserted, “It’s futile to continue this failed War on Drugs. This approach only fosters disdain for the law and encourages evasion.” He also shed light on the stark realities faced by youth, remarking, “In no state is it harder for a youngster to buy a joint…

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Biography/Memoir

Gavin Newsom led on legal marijuana. Is he behind the curve on psychedelics?

Gavin Newsom was, as he often has been on controversial issues, ahead of the curve – the highest-ranking state official to back green-lighting weed. But Newsom is uncharacteristically undecided – and behind the curve… …on another controversial drug-related issue before him now: San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener’s proposal to decriminalize psilocybin, aka magic mushrooms… and the…

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Biography/Memoir

Congressional lawmakers file new bill to protect States [and Locals] that legalize psilocybin from federal intervention

A new congressional bill has been filed to prohibit federal intervention in jurisdictions that legalize psilocybin mushrooms. A new congressional bill has been filed to prohibit federal intervention in jurisdictions that legalize psilocybin mushrooms. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) are sponsoring the Validating Independence for State Initiatives on Organic Natural Substances (VISIONS)…

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Biography/Memoir

Recriminalizing drug possession [Two 2024 Oregon ballot initiatives submitted]

Chief Petitioners, Nate Sickler, Resident of Medford, Oregon, Jerrod Murray, Resident of Portland, Oregon, Juanita Swartwood, Resident of Portland, Oregon… [supporting that manufacturing (growing) more than 12 grams of psilocybin containing mushrooms (Class A Felony) will be punished more harshly than manufacturing methamphetamine (Class B Felony)]… Class A Felonies in Oregon… are punishable by up…

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Biography/Memoir

The ethical drug-dealers of Vancouver

Eris Nyx, one of the store’s managers, looked on from the cash point. She runs the shop with Jeremy Kalicum, who was in the back office weighing and packaging cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. “The fact that we’re not in jail is unbelievable,” said Eris. “I think about that every day.” Their shop was the culmination…

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Politics

Meet shroom mom, LA’s most fabulous… dealer

Around the time I met Shroom Mom, I was having a druggie fling with a fentanyl dealer… while fentanyl …boy and mushroom mama are both, technically, drug dealers, they occupy opposite ends of the spectrum: …boy pulsed with the carnivorous bloodlust of the streets, and I watched him callously cut cocaine with chemical fillers (not…

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