*book copies available at ECfES.org Public Lending Library (this copy hand-signed by Stephen Gaskin of the Farm in his book, Cannabis Spirituality) For now, Oregon’s smaller marijuana businesses are trying to stay afloat. A newly formed group will launch an ad campaign this fall to tell Oregonians why they should pay more for mom-and-pop cannabis. Oregon Craft…
Psychedelics are truly being studied as medicine and not a menace. The promise of psychedelics as a treatment for PTSD seems to have no ceiling, but other findings have shown that psychedelics improve relationships. Finding a partner is one of life’s most worthwhile challenges. Magic mushrooms and MDMA and LSD might be catalysts to a…
*John Marco Allegro shares the potent plant roots of Christianity. HERE Virtually all human societies use mind-altering substances. What’s more, about 90 percent give drug-induced altered states of consciousness a role in their fundamental belief systems, according to a survey of 488 modern societies. And this isn’t new. Many psychoactive plants we consume today, and those that have fallen out…
*John Marco Allegro featured here in film describing his research Perhaps one of the first things to consider is whether there is any direct evidence for the entheogenic theory of religion which derives from contemporary science. On Good Friday 1962, two groups of students received either psilocybin or niacin (a non-hallucinogenic “control” substance) on a…
The large pharmaceutical companies don’t want easily available medical marijuana. That is no surprise and it’s easy to see their motivation. If approved through the “appropriate channels” and legalized as a prescription drug, it would probably be the most profitable drug ever to hit the market. What costs around $150 per ounce in those states…
The trouble is that healthcare in America exists within a competitive market economy, motivated by the insatiable quest of economic growth. Privatization by means of patenting or theft often precipitates the process of making profit. This means restricting access to common pool resources (e.g., putting a fence around a field of marijuana for the purpose…
[Dr. Albert] Hoffmann -and [the 1960’s] counterculture- met with rejection and prejudices that Indigenous cultures have had to deal with for centuries. Indigenous use of entheogens, which are substances used for spiritual reasons, usually face discrimination by “mestizos” fueled by misinformation and prejudice over the use of substances that they simply call “drugs,” making them…
*worldwide map of psilocybin mushroom habitat The mushrooms are grown nearby, dried and ground into a fine powder before being decanted into capsules … This is the first time they’ve had a women only retreat. “The #MeToo movement has demonstrated how common sexual harassment and abuse is in our society,” says Maclean. “We wanted to…
…The church and about 15 others like it [filed] a claim against the city seeking $1.2 million in damages and alleging harassment and discrimination. Church leaders say they smoke marijuana or eat edibles as part of spiritual meditation as a religious sacrament, but city officials say they’re using religion as a front for selling pot.…
“This time last year, it was basically all mom-and-pop shops,” says Mason Walker, CEO of Cave Junction cannabis farm East Fork Cultivars. “Now there are five or six companies that own 25 or 30 percent. Stores are selling for pennies on the dollar, and people are losing their life savings in the process.” Deep-pocketed companies…
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