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Meet the Colorado moms who microdose mushrooms

Tracey Tee had never experimented with illicit drugs, but from what she had heard, the experience of taking a small dose of a psilocybin mushroom seemed different from the ‘60’s-style psychedelic trip the substance is best known for. Once she took the plunge and swallowed her first capsule of a ground-up mushroom, Tee knew she’d…

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America’s exit drugs

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director, Dr. Nora Volkow, and former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director and recently named “Science Advisor to the President,” Dr. Francis S. Collins recognized in 2017, America’s gateway drugs are pharmaceutical opiods. With millions of Americans struggling with opioid use disorder and thousands overdosing on fentanyl every year,…

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DEA admits ‘racial, ethnic and class prejudice’ led to drug criminalization and the agency’s own founding

DEA Museum officials talked about the origins of federal drug prohibition and explained how the agency was ultimately created in conjunction with punitive policies… during the latest edition of its… video series… Library of Congress… …the history is being recounted by the archival arm of DEA itself, even as the agency continues to enforce criminalization…

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Inside the lab that’s creating enough psilocybin for everyone on Earth

“I like to say nature is always the best chemist…” says Alex Sherwood… [of] a non-profit drug manufacturer… gearing up to synthesize enough medical-grade hallucinogenic molecules to supply the world.  …what they’ve created is… replica of the compounds found in a mushroom harvested from the forest… FDA approval, and… mass production… Original Article (WPR):Inside the…

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In memoriam Christian Rätsch

The influence Christian had on global drug research can hardly be measured. Countless researchers built up their own scientific fields based on Rätsch’s work and made careers in this area. Without the findings and publications of this passionate and truly independent scientist numerous important researches would never have been initiated or even completed. Original Article…

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…to help you trip…

…the San Pedro cactus… LaManna graduated from Central Michigan University in 2013 with a BA in business administration – as well as two felony convictions for selling psilocybin. “That freed me to go an alternative route in life,” he said. “I can’t get jobs in corporate America. It pitted me against the system. That led…

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Pharmaceutical firms have devoted substantial lobbying efforts and dollars into fighting cannabis…

…this study’s finding that “cannabis entry decreases returns for both generic and brand drug makers is novel,” the California Polytechnic State University and University of New Mexico researchers said. …study concludes, citing the fact that Pfizer spent billions to acquire a “biotech company that focuses on cannabinoid-type therapies.” Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Pharmaceutical industry suffers billions…

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“We’ve declared war on our own population”… veteran… political revolution and natural human rights

Thich Nhat Hanh quote… says that those who have been touched by war are the “tip of the candle” and best equipped to bring peace… Absolutely. Our government was originally conceived of simply to ensure the natural rights of its citizens- the personal freedoms, individual liberties, and natural human rights that we are all born…

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Canadian minister meets with the Oregon psilocybin advisory board

Canada’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and the Associate Minister of Health decided to publicize that she met with the [Oregon] Psilocybin Advisory Board is interesting… …it potentially points to the direction that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is planning on taking when it comes to drug reform. As for the potential legalization of psilocybin or…

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