Medicine/Healing

…a compelling case for the use of magic mushrooms in pain relief

Indeed, in April [2024], the Yale School of Medicine published the results of the first randomised control study of psilocybin for pain relief. Although it enrolled just 10 CH [Cluster Headache] sufferers, half of those who received psilocybin as opposed to a placebo reported a reduction in attacks. Precisely how psilocybin interrupts the cycle of headaches is an open question. Brain scans suggest…

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Spirituality

Quebec religion wants Health Canada’s blessing to use magic mushrooms in ceremonies

Gratitude Sanctuary, known as Sanctuaire de la Gratitude in French… in Ottawa says the group believes people receive “their own teachings when entering the sacred space opened by the consumption of psilocybin mushrooms.” …first asked Health Canada about an exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in January 2022… Health Canada said it was…

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Biography/Memoir

Magic Mushroom research company and founders charged in million-dollar scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a company with fraud for researching, producing, and distributing psilocybin (Magic) mushrooms and making illegal financial gains in the process. Charges were filed against Minerco and… founders Bobby Shumake Japhia, and Julius Makiri Jenge… in the District Court for the District of Columbia. They stand accused of…

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Modern Culture

A glimpse into Colorado’s emerging… psychedelics scene

…the first state in America where residents can legally grow and share psilocybin mushrooms… cultivation has made botanical, easily identifiable psychedelics widely available. There is little difference in effort between growing a small personal supply and a larger amount for friends… a gifting exchange group in the city simply because many cultivators had far more…

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Biography/Memoir

…the… psychedelic mushroom…

Securities Exchange Commision (SEC) filings reveal that… atai Life Sciences disposed of around 2.7 million Compass Pathways shares for gross proceeds of just over $16 million. That represents around a third of atai’s stake in Compass. Meanwhile, Colorado is reaching its second year of decriminalizing [and legalizing] mushrooms and DMT for personal use and growth… “This 70-year effort to criminalize…

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Biography/Memoir

Psilocybin CEO arrested at airport fleeing stock fraud charges

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the chief executive officer of psilocybin company Minerco Inc. (OTC: MINE), Julius Jenge was arrested… The former CEO was fleeing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into the stock fraud allegations around the penny stock company Minerco… In 2021, the company began touting its psilocybin business and Minerco…

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Modern Culture

…psychedelic mushrooms-lovers enjoy first Denver Shroom Fest…

Denver Shroom Fest’s founders say the decriminalization has led to safer access for all users. As lovers of magic mushrooms gather to celebrate recreational use… [&] a medcinal microdose clinic… it’s like joining the Costco of magic mushrooms… then you get measured dose medicines. Original Article (CBS News):As psychedelic mushrooms-lovers enjoy first Denver Shroom Fest,…

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Politics

Raids on magic mushroom dispensaries are a knee-jerk reaction…

The recreational and medicinal markets are far more intertwined than many are aware. As so often happens… we have seen this phenomenon with cannabis and opioids, and it now appears to be happening with psychedelics. A recent survey found that less than 34 per cent of Canadians who reported using psychedelics did so to self-medicate…

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