“I compare taking LSD to being a good rider of a powerful horse,” says [Amanda] Feilding. “In the right, carefully controlled, setting and with the right intention, you could use the psychedelic to achieve whatever you want. [On micro-dosing] “My current hypothesis is that it basically changes your brain in the same way as a…
Mushroom expert Paul Stamets cautions that there can be a difference… between batches of the same species. Despite these variables, some rough calculations can be done that may provide some insight for microdosing dried mushrooms. How does 0.5 – 2.0 mg (0.0005 – 0.002 g) of psilocybin translate into a dose of dried psilocybin mushroom…
“We’re talking about several thousands… that are suffering every day that treatment continues to be withheld from them,” Bruce Tobin [of the University of Toronto launched the Centre for Psychedelic Studies] said. “Treatment delayed is treatment denied.” [Dana Larsen], the longtime cannabis rights advocate from Vancouver is known for protesting against drug laws… has now…
Private investment in the space needs to be coupled with research into their social impact… Liana Gillooly, a development officer at MAPS, a non-profit investigating the therapeutic uses of psychedelics, with an early focus on MDMA as a potential treatment for PTSD. But Gillooly said that funding needs to be set aside for “safe contexts”…
Mycologist Paul Stamets believes psilocybin should be offered over the counter. By whatever mechanism they work, psychedelics have long been shown to increase positive outlooks and decrease negative sentiments. That is valuable… We’ve exhausted the alternatives and found them insufficient. This is not medical advice—just common sense. Original Article (BigThink):Are over-the-counter psychedelics in our future?Artwork…
“I want to model how to be a safe and responsible user without going the clinical route… for individuals who want to participate within a community-based environment, while receiving support and being safe.” -Co-founder Nicolle Greenheart (Decrim Nature Oakland) “I’m from Chicago, so there’s a regional difference in reception of natural plant medicines compared to Oakland. Indigenous…
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb [Pfizer Board Member] said… that the federal government should regulate state marijuana programs. He provided some clarification—hinting that federal drug scheduling laws should be reformed for cannabis — he is beginning to lay out specific details of a regulatory agenda. Gottlieb said during the TV interview that…
What some call philanthropy, others, such as Stanford University ethics professor Rob Reich, call “reputation laundering”. But what’s less well known, though increasingly being exposed, is that much of their wealth comes from one product – OxyContin, the blockbuster prescription painkiller first launched in 1996. “Greed is the main thing. The market for OxyContin should have been much,…
Joss Sackler, the entrepreneurial force behind a $2,500 per year social club and an allied clothing line, charged The New York Times to stop covering “the men in my life” and “review the fucking neon hoodies.” …are queasy about associating with the country’s most notorious limited liability cartel. The Guggenheim, for example, has stopped accepting donations from the Sackler…
Luther Strange was championing… arguments against opioid lawsuits, he was also working behind the scenes as a paid attorney for members of the Sackler family… he’s a former US Senator from Alabama. …AGs are sticking to their demand that the Sacklers forfeit more of the personal fortune they amassed from opioid sales, valued at more…
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