Psychedelic drugs have been typecast as the preserve of hippies, jungle shamans, and psychonauts (people who use drugs to explore their own mind), and more recently the playthings of privileged elites seeking spiritual nirvana, but this stereotype is a chimera … why should those attempting to view the world and themselves honestly, critically, with empathy and…
I liken their view [of some] to a kind of “cultural bypass” in the vein of spiritual bypass- a yearning for instant easy enlightenment or overnight sociopolitical revolution without any of the hard work, practical concerns, or steady incremental effort it takes to fully integrate and embody a new perspective. – Wesley Thoricatha Yes, and I’ve thought…
The three police officers were sentenced to up to 40 years in prison by a… trial court…, the first guilty verdict in an extrajudicial killing in the 29-month anti-narcotics campaign, according to human rights advocates. They will not be eligible for parole, the court said. Close to 5,000 people have died in anti-drugs police operations…
“Drug-related deaths have risen for men and women over the last decade, but the sharpest rise has been for women.” We know that women use drugs not just for pleasure but to cope with difficult life circumstances, such as domestic abuse. There are clear links between experiencing abuse and trauma and having problems with drugs and alcohol.…
In an open letter, Lord Falconer, who served in a number of other cabinet roles under Tony Blair, said he now realised drug prohibition had been a “tragic disaster” for the poor in Britain and across the world. The former lord chancellor Charles Falconer has apologised for his role in the war on drugs, as…
“This is essentially a crime family … drug dealers in nice suits and dresses,” said Paul Hanly, a New York city lawyer who represents Suffolk county and is also a lead attorney in a huge civil action playing out in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, involving opioid manufacturers and distributors. The Sackler name is prominently…
Many of those psilocybin experts now regret having helped the couple [behind Compass Pathways] … Quartz spoke with 9 psilocybin experts who advised Goldsmith and Malievskaia, but today express concerns about the company’s motives and aims … a company that both gains regulatory approval in North America and Europe for medical use of lab-synthesized version of psilocybin and…
A healthcare investment firm that’s backing studies of “magic mushrooms” to treat depression raised $25m of capital… …already in talks with banks about a potential listing in Canada next year, a step for which it seeks a valuation of $800m or more, according to one of the people familiar with the matter. After being shunned…
“Look what I brought for show-and-tell today.” … “Has he tried to eat anyone’s face yet?” … “I wish we could show this to his girlfriend like, ‘You love this?” -Three Oregon deputies’ on cellphone videos while an inmate was in a padded jail cell and flailing around uncontrollably from a drug overdose. Perry [an Iraqi veteran] arrived…
Fentanyl-laced or “particularly pure,” fentanyl, or furanyl fentanyl [are the three substances apparently causing the overdoses, according to interviews conducted by the Register Guard]. [Furanyl fentanyl] was… made illegal in November 2016. Similar to heroin and morphine, but is a hundred times more potent, produces a longer-lasting high and is more difficult to treat if a person overdoses, the…
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