Spirituality

Psilocybe… [east]…

The wood-loving Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata was first named by mycologists Richard Gaines and Gaston Guzman in 2007, based on mushroom samples taken in 2003 from wood chips at the side of a trail in… Pennsylvania. In its native range of the Northeastern U.S., mushrooms can typically be found from late April to early June, and occasionally all the…

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Biography/Memoir

…psilocybin straight to your door

Derek Chase started making mushroom gummies about two and a half years ago. Previously, he worked corporate jobs at Johnson & Johnson and L’Oréal… I, for one, was simply interested in the scalable dosing for chill long weekends and maybe a slight creativity boost – both of which the gummies provided, from the lowest dose…

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Politics

Mushroom boom looms

No [Oregon] Psilocybin Service Centers have yet opened, so what clients will be asked to pay remains unknown, but reports show one session could start at $1,500. Clients can’t drive or bike themselves afterward, and there are no “to-go” bags – all mushrooms must be consumed on site. Mushrooms purchased at dispensaries aren’t happening (yet).…

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Politics

Canadians launch petition… psilocybin…

We, the undersigned, compassionate Canadians, call upon the Government of Canada… Petition e-4334, opened on March 16th 2023, calls on the federal government to “allow Canadians to have timely unrestricted access to therapeutic psilocybin in any form as needed to alleviate their suffering.” To start, in Canada, an online petition must be “presented” to the House of Commons…

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Politics

Majority of Americans back… decriminalizing… psilocybin…

Respondents were asked whether they would… …“support or oppose a federal law to remove criminal penalties for adults for personal possession of substances like psilocybin…,” and 53 percent said that they’d support it… with 64% of Democrats, 55% of independents and 42% of Republicans… a plurality – backing the policy change. Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Majority…

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Biography/Memoir

An updated (living) list of North American psychedelic dispensaries

At Fungi Shop [925 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC] Kaitie Degen offers sweet treats, gummies, chocolate bars, and more. Operating similarly to… other brick-and-mortar mushroom dispensaries, Zoomers [1181 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC] requests potential customers to apply for membership and self-diagnose with an ailment that psilocybin could offer help for before being allowed to shop there.  Zide Door…

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Politics

[Attempts] to limit psychedelic…

[Proposition 122 (allows) the personal growing, use and sharing of psilocybin and psilocin, as well as ibogaine, mescaline and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, for adults… ] [Personal Use… the following acts are not an offense under State law or the laws of any locality within the State or subject to a civil fine, penalty, or sanction,…

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Politics

Nevada state bill… decriminalize certain amounts of ‘magic mushrooms’

…the legalization of marijuana has paved the way for bills like this… “magic mushrooms” are fungi that produce psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic…. The bill would decriminalize the use of “magic mushrooms” for people 18 and older in amounts smaller than 4 ounces. Original Article (KTNV)New state bill could decriminalize certain amounts of ‘magic mushrooms’Artwork…

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Anthropology

…psychedelic decriminalization/legalization… religious use… dispensaries… spreading…

City council meetings have become key forums for rolling back the drug war… Current laws must change, agrees the psychedelic movement. But what to replace them with is a hot debate. In Oregon [which] now regulates psilocybin as an… [adult use] tool… for example. Some Decriminalize Nature advocates opposed the measure because of barriers to who can…

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