Anthropology

Mexico’s supreme court strikes down marijuana prohibition… [US supreme court…]

The U.S., conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas… denounced the federal government’s inconsistent approach to marijuana policy and suggested that it may necessitate a reevaluation of an earlier ruling that upheld prohibition. [In Mexico] the 8-3 vote means that marijuana possession and cultivation for personal use will be legal nationally. The Ministry of Health would still…

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Psychedelic mushroom shops reach the americas

The Western hemisphere is getting its… brick and mortar psychedelic and functional mushrooms store a la Amsterdam’s “smart shops.” This… will help make mushroom-based wellness more accessible to consumers. …build and operate a “smart shop” retail store offering tinctures, capsules, topicals, edibles and other mushroom-based products… and related accessories…. functional and psychedelic mushroom retail outlet… Original Article…

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Psychedelic mushrooms: where and how…

Despite being a Schedule I drug by federal laws, several states in the United States have taken steps to ease laws on possession of psilocybin mushrooms. Movements to decriminalize “shrooms” started in the USA in May 2019 with Denver, Colorado becoming the first city to decriminalize. Two cities in California, Oakland and Santa Cruz followed…

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[One of many a] movement to decolonize psychedelic pharma

“Dominant-culture white society, as a bottom line, should always give preference to listening to Indigenous representative people… with ceremonial technology, we should just listen,” says Miriam Volat. …recommends the Nagoya Protocol as the reciprocity standard for all psychedelic pharma companies… as the Nagoya Protocol specifies that the company attach a “cultural heritage” to the compound…

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The roots of witchcraft

They were, in fact, curanderas, ‘wise women’ deeply versed in the herbal lore their ancestors had learnt from ancient Iberian-British aboriginals, a.k.a. the elves. The Origins of the British shows evidence that there was no genocide of ancient Britons by either Celtic or Anglo-Saxon incomers… Genetic sampling shows that 75-95 per cent of the pre-1950…

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Vancouver… details of drug decriminalization plan

In a letter to [Patty] Hajdu and the Vancouver and British Columbia working groups on decriminalization, a coalition of 15 organizations said the current proposal must be scrapped immediately as it risks reproducing the harms of prohibition. The coalition is asking the city to raise the proposed drug thresholds from a three-day supply and demanded the Vancouver Police Department take a…

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There is a lot of fungus among us

Inside a state-of-the-art lab, tucked in an industrial neighborhood… employees wearing protective suits move around two clear boxes, careful not to disrupt the tubes and sensors that keep temperature and humidity constant. Inside the boxes are… “magic”… mushrooms. Oregon became the first state to legalize… Frustration with traditional drugs that did little to address… longtime…

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[In Oregon] $20 million for addiction services…

 …a compromise that will shift $20 million in marijuana sales taxes to support addiction recovery services… the Oregon Health Authority will take the lead, not a new council created by the ballot measure under the agency… It is not unusual for lawmakers to make further changes in ballot measures after voters approve them, although changes…

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Top… equity must-haves in any legalization bill…

Homegrow: allow consumers to grow a limited number of their own… at home [for example 6 per adult with max of 12 per residence] and gift a limited amount to other adults [for example, one ounce]. This serves as a check on monopolies, delays, and more… being promised that equity will come later: you know…

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