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Drug prohibition is morally unjust and pragmatically useless, Pt. 2

Proponents of drug prohibition provide reasons why alcoholic substances should continue to remain legal while substances like LSD should not. No persuasive arguments of that sort are anywhere to be found.

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Caraballo & Norzi’s new film ‘Icaros: A Vision’ reinvents the aesthetic of psychedelics on screen.

Icaros: A Vision opens Friday, May 19th 2017 at Metrograph in NYC, followed by a national rollout in several cities in the U.S. and overseas.

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A Brief History of the Drug War

Why are some drugs legal and other drugs illegal? It’s not based on science or the relative risks – but has everything to do with who is associated with them.

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How Social and Climate Justice Activism is Psychedelic

As I became activated to defend something bigger than my own immediate welfare, a shift took place—a shift toward seeing reality as a singular entity as opposed to a bunch of disjointed parts.

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The families in México who’ve experienced the real consequences of drug prohibition.

The families of the disappeared people have had to organize among themselves, do their own investigations, and push state agents such as the police, judges, and the general attorney to do their job.

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Nick Sand, Orange Sunshine LSD chemist, dies at 75

The undaunted spirit and psychedelic warrior of love and light, Nick Sand, the outlaw chemist, died in his sleep on Monday April 24th at the age of 75.

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Ohio City Gov’t: We have to fine and jail overdose survivors to give them “treatment opportunities”

If someone overdoses from heroin or opiate drugs and has to be revived by paramedics or police with naloxone, they will be charged with “inducing panic.”

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I received the largest dose of psilocybin ever administered in a published FDA study. Dose #1

A 3-part series on one participant’s high dose psilocybin experience in the Pharmacokinetics of Psilocybin in Normal Adult Volunteers study at the University of Wisconsin.

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Meet the hypnotist who can get you high – without any drugs.

I hypnotized some of the attendees and put them on cocaine, pot, beer, and even ecstasy. I interviewed them afterwards and asked them if it felt real. And each of them said yes. Quite real. Then my head exploded.

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Globalhuasca: Reciprocity and Integration of Indigenous and Scientific Worldviews

Even if we don’t necessarily share religious, spiritual, or mythological assumptions, are we able to reconcile between such seemingly different and antagonistic worldviews?

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Globalhuasca: A Closer Look at the Global Ayahuasca Movement

Many of us are well-meaning in our engagement with plant medicines, but we cannot disregard the real-world impact that our actions inevitably have, regardless of intent.

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The DEA Scheduling System is a Joke

Reducing drug policy down to defining “good” substances and “bad” substances is missing the entire point.