Politics

Meet shroom mom, LA’s most fabulous… dealer

Around the time I met Shroom Mom, I was having a druggie fling with a fentanyl dealer… while fentanyl …boy and mushroom mama are both, technically, drug dealers, they occupy opposite ends of the spectrum: …boy pulsed with the carnivorous bloodlust of the streets, and I watched him callously cut cocaine with chemical fillers (not…

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Politics

‘Welcome to the psychedelic ’20s!’

The payoff for those decades of work are coming to fruition. Oregon and Colorado have decriminalized the recreational use of plant-based psychedelics. Original Article (Reason):Rick Doblin: ‘Welcome to the psychedelic 20s!’Artwork Fair Use: Jon Mortin

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Modern Culture

…psychedelic users self-medicating, but few discuss with healthcare providers…

…more than a third of Canadian respondents who use natural psychedelics do so to self-medicate. …their health care provider’s attitudes and perceptions… can greatly influence their willingness to disclose their psychedelic use. Is it that surprising that there would be resistance to reveal use… to health care professionals? Certainly not… researchers concluded that healthcare providers…

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Psychology

Estrogen impacts the effects of psilocybin for women

We are left behind in mainstream medical system and so when you when we want to discuss these things… women have had a lot of difficulty in the mainstream medical system—and that’s not to say that I have a problem with the mainstream medical system—however, there is a history of women being gaslit at the…

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Politics

We’re on the cusp of another psychedelic era. But this time Washington is along for the ride

Advocates still must overcome stigma associated with 1960s drug culture and concerns about side effects, but they’ve never enjoyed such strong support inside government… federal agencies are signaling a willingness to cooperate… If Washington assents, manufacturers are poised to deliver. In the House, Democrats including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Lou Correa of California, and Republicans led by Dan…

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Biography/Memoir

Microdosing magic mushrooms with… Mom…

Question: “Do you feel safe talking to me, talking in front of our cameras about this?” Answer from Mikaela: “I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t feel safe.” Question: “As you know being pregnant there’s so many rules or so called rule with what you can’t eat, what you can’t drink, what you can eat,…

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