There is a common fungus [psilocybe semilanceata], which so exactly represents the pole and cap of liberty, that it seems offered by nature herself… mushroom patriots, with a mushroom cap of liberty. In America, revolutionary groups declared their rebellion against British rule by raising a liberty cap upon a pole in the public squares of…
The proposal would also decriminalize activities facilitating the use of natural psychedelics… “The precedent on the grassroots level right now is to fully decriminalize first. If you do both [decrim and legalizing medical access] at the same time, you are prioritizing legalization.” Organizers said that establishing decriminalization first would preserve access to psychedelic drugs for…
…Canada’s revised rules… allow doctors to request patient access to psychoactive substances for any serious treatment-resistant condition… a response is expected within 48 hours. Previously, the government had granted very limited access to psychedelics under a different program for illnesses such as late-stage cancer. It often took months for patients to hear back. Original Article…
According to Canadian advocates… “is ten steps backwards for Health Canada.” …over 130 healthcare professionals are about to be denied compassionate access to psilocybin mushrooms for training purposes via Section 56 exemptions, following a decision by federal health authorities. Original Article (Truffle Report):Health Canada denying psilocybin access to healthcare professionalsArtwork Fair Use: coastal elite
[National Institute of Drug Abuse Director] Dr. Nora Volkow’s remarks about marijuana apply with equal force to psilocybin. As research continues to reveal the promise of psilocybin… and as more U.S. jurisdictions diverge from federal law to relax and/or eliminate criminal penalties for psilocybin… Importantly… psilocybin… will move forward with or without the federal government……
…microdosing psychedelics is technically not substance misuse because it does not involve taking drugs in excess or for an unintended purpose. The practice of microdosing psychedelics dates back to at least the early 16th century… to relieve fevers and rheumatism. The accepted definition of substance misuse is the use of prescription, illegal drugs, or over-the-counter drugs or…
Mother’s Therapy doesn’t present de Lattre’s mother’s experience as a model to emulate. Instead, the photographer feels it should be viewed as both a visual account of how people react to despair, and as a testimony to how much a mother wanted her life back. His mother has recently cut ties with her former psychiatrist to…
Bansal was as surprised as anyone. “Had somebody told me going into this that I would come out a transformed being or a person with a completely different perspective on life, I would never have believed it.” “It’s as if there is a part of me that is watching myself objectively, going through the painful…
The lawsuit was filed against the DEA by three Seattle-based patients… The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has dismissed a lawsuit by cancer patients seeking to use psilocybin to treat end-of-life depression and anxiety… the plaintiffs argue that DEA’s position leaves no path forward for accessing psilocybin as an end-of-life treatment. Original Article (Ganjapreneur):Federal…
“From our perspective, it’s really hard to see any real reason – other than individual and corporate greed – to be against home cultivation at this point,” Erik Altieri, executive director of NORML… “There’s not a lot of rational concerns when it comes to allowing a limited amount of plants for an individual to grow at…
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