Modern Culture

…dispensaries openly sell ‘magic mushrooms’

…there’s a thriving market for the fungi and other psychedelics in L.A… gummies containing a psychedelic “mushroom blend” come in colorful toadstool-shaped pouches in flavors including Passion Tango Lemonade… there’s growing support… …a few miles from the first, customers hand their driver’s licenses over to a receptionist who asks them to turn their hats around…

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Science

How long to wait between mushrooms trips…

When consuming psilocybin mushrooms, it’s important to consider the development of tolerance. Tolerance refers to the body’s adaptation to the effects of a substance, resulting in a diminished response over time. The tolerance that builds with psilocybin is specifically called tachyphylaxis, which is a rapidly diminishing response to successive doses of a drug, thus rendering it…

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Politics

Salem, Massachusetts, will no longer arrest people for psilocybin mushrooms…

Lucas Miller, the Chief of Police for the City… endorsed the measure before the city’s final vote… Members of the City Council voted unanimously… to pass an activist-led measure making it the local government’s official policy to deprioritize enforcement of laws prohibiting the possession and cultivation of psilocybin. Salem just became the sixth Massachusetts city…

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Politics

Psilocybin dispensaries… what does that mean for psychedelic therapy?

…psilocybin dispensaries… what will this mean for psilocybin therapy? If we see psychedelic therapy centers emerge first, followed by psilocybin dispensaries selling magic mushrooms for personal, non-medical use, will this affect psychedelic therapy in any way? If new to psychedelics and struggling with a mental health condition, one may be wary about having a bad trip……

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Biography/Memoir

London’s first magic mushroom dispensary opened its doors downtown…

Experts draw parallels between illegal pot shops that preceded legalization of marijuana… open seven days a week, sells magic mushrooms, psilocybin… gummies and chocolates, and micro-dose capsules that contain smaller amounts of psilocybin… …the store’s first-time customers, ranging from twentysomethings to seniors, began filing into the… business at 11 a.m. to browse… inside the Fun…

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Science

Magic mushrooms seem to have a strange effect on color blindness

After self-administering a color blindness test, known as the Ishihara Test, the subject took five grams of dried mushrooms, which is considered a relatively high dose of psilocybin. He then took the Ishihara Test periodically over the next four months. This test is composed of a series of flashcards that each feature a number made…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon’s… mushroom… church…

James Hin has opened the PSILO Temple, a church in Eugene, where psilocybin is the sacrament for the dozens of congregants… …his church is protected by both the First Amendment and the Religious Freedoms Restoration Act of 1993, passed by Congress… Hin says he operates openly and makes psilocybin available at almost no cost because…

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Politics

…psychedelic justice…

“There’s no getting around that the most economically accessible model is community use in a church. Decriminalizing these medicines and allowing community healing circles and entheogenic churches to flourish is arguably best for mental health in the long term… …decrim is also important because as much as we want to have equitable regulated access programs,…

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Psychology

…you need to know about magic mushrooms

Like the endless mycelial networks that thread through our planet’s ecosystems, magic mushrooms are now thoroughly entangled in 21st century culture. So, as we step further into a future in which psilocybin gummies will most probably become a normal fixture on the shelves of health food stores… shrooms – defined by their main psychedelic compound, psilocybin –…

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Biography/Memoir

…magic mushroom options…

…microdoses of psilocybin can be accessed from a vending machine, or mixed into a latte like a shot of flavouring, and larger doses for recreational use can be carefully selected with the help of a staff member. Proprietor Dana Larsen reels off the effects of various strains. “Big Mex is very pleasant and has that…

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