…there are more than 300 species of psilocybin-containing mushrooms… A paper published in the journal Fungal Biology summarizes centuries of psilocybin use among shamans and guides who treated people for a host of ailments, from anxiety and rheumatism to toothaches and stomach pain… A study published in Evolution Letters sets out the evidence for this…
…a new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers… The study found that among people who have had a single psychedelic experience that altered their beliefs in some way, there were large increases in attribution of consciousness to a range of animate and inanimate things. For example, from before to after the experience, attribution of consciousness…
If [a] recent study, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, is anything to go by, weight-adjusted dosing is just an exercise in futility. Researchers issued participants – whose weights ranged from 108 pounds to 249 pounds – different doses of shrooms with the aim of analyzing whether heavier individuals would experience a more pronounced trip. In the…
“Take your time; you cannot rush it. My biggest tip is to never cut corners,” Quinn said… I look forward to… where Americans are able to grow these tools for healing right in their home without fear of legal repercussions. Mycology as a whole is incredibly complicated… you can do it a million different ways.…
Ultimately, the recent rise of psilocybin mushroom dispensaries in British Columbia – and general lack of deterrence – shows a growing demand and a paradigm shift towards greater embrace of psilocybin throughout North America – mirroring the ongoing attitude shift towards cannabis and other psychedelics. There are now four dispensaries that sell psilocybin mushrooms in the city,…
Many activists and organizations all over the Pacific Northwest are pushing to decriminalize natural psychedelics… in addition to all of the other Oregon momentum, a movement is beginning in Eugene as well. When it comes to psychedelic mushrooms, the Pacific Northwest… they grow here all on their own. As we saw with cannabis prohibition, it…
These recent developments in drug decriminalization… means we might have more friends forcing us to listen to their drug trips at dinner, but it’s also an opportunity for more people to try an alternative approach… …taking psychedelics… check all the boxes. Nature, no extreme conditions, having loved ones around, contained setups, etc… learned how to…
Hazel Park City Council voted unanimously Tuesday [3/22/2022] to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants. The resolution defines entheogenic plants as “plants, fungi, and natural materials that can benefit psychological and physical wellness, support and enhance religious and spiritual practices, and can reestablish human’s inalienable and direct relationship to nature.” They include psychedelic mushrooms,…
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled last week [in the month of Dec. 2020] that a man convicted of possession of psilocybin mushrooms was wrongfully tried because his use of the psychedelic was part of his religious practices. Unlike the First Amendment freedom of religious belief under the U.S. Constitution, New Hampshire’s Constitution explicitly protects…
“There are a lot of concerns about organizations outside Oregon trying to influence the process here and to stifle real meaningful discussion by people in Oregon,” said Mason Marks [of Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School] (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Once the regulations are clearly laid out, the company will…
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