For the past two years, the Rockhouse has also had another distinction: Its gift shop will openly, legally sell you a magic mushroom chocolate bar. In June 2021, when it first added them to its inventory, it became one of the first stores that is not a drug dispensary to openly and officially sell a…
University of Michigan police stood watch over the event, which was attended by hundreds of people, many in shroom-themed attire. Baggies full of shrooms could be had for $40 on Sunday, while shroom grow kits sold for $30. Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit was among the afternoon’s speakers and reassured the crowd they had nothing…
On September 20, 2023, Jared Moffat, spokesman for the New Approach PAC (“New Approach”), sent an email to supporters of a 2024 Massachusetts ballot initiative that would change how the state regulates psychedelic substances, [stating] “What I believe is that decriminalizing home cultivation, is the right thing to do. And it’s the best policy because,…
Detroit police… raided a psychedelic religious institution, Soul Tribes International Ministries. Police searched the building, seized substances and shut down the facility, calling it an illegal operation… “As a result of the operation, which involved DPD personnel, BSEED (Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department) inspectors, and the work of our city attorneys, illegal controlled substances…
The Portland, Maine’s, Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee… passed the resolution on a 3–0 vote… amended the bill to cover home cultivation of natural entheogens for personal use and sharing without compensation. Criminal enforcement would not change for selling, dispensing, possessing on school grounds or driving under the influence of the substances.…
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…
A new study published in the European Journal of Pain last month [July 2023] found that both macro and micro doses of classic psychedelics — LSD, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline — led to better pain relief compared to conventional medication in volunteers surveyed. “Participants reported that full doses seem to achieve better perceived results in pain relief than…
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)…
Shaman Shu says ayahuasca told him to write Proposal E during his first experience… “I wrote the actual legislation based upon what the ancestors told me to do,” he says. “I was sitting in Costa Rica and I was like, ‘What? You want me to do, what?’ I never expected that… I hired a lawyer,…
On a balmy… morning, a massive flush of psilocybe mushrooms popped up in a Portland, Oregon city park. This particularly gregarious bloom of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, or “ovoids,” stretched over a large mulched area, attracting casual pickers who filled their tote bags to the brim… Fungal evolution experts like Slot stress that many hypotheses regarding psilocybin’s…
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