Psychedelics

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Washington Man Facing Prison After Foraging for Wild Mushrooms

Paul Lee Corbett is facing a potential prison sentence of five years for possession of psilocybin mushrooms.

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The latest piece on psychedelic science in the New York Times is dead wrong

First, the entire premise—that Schedule I status is the primary obstacle to research—is flat-out wrong.

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I wanted ayahuasca to teach me how to love the world despite its violence, destruction, and greed

After getting off my long dependence on anti-depressants, I found myself feeling open to natural therapies.

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Psychedelic medicines can help heal the trauma of mass incarceration

Psychedelic therapy has the potential to ignite a paradigm shift within our culture by enabling us to reframe complex social problems as manifestations of trauma.

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Psychedelic Harm Reduction in the Czech Republic

The Czech Psychedelic Society is creating the Czech version of Zendo Project and KosmiCare.

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The Psychedelic Renaissance owes its life to an open internet

We must remember how in less than two decades, an open internet enabled us to bridge some deep cultural divides, dismantle three-quarters of a century worth of drug propaganda, crowdsource massive databases of drug information, and crowdfund millions of dollars for FDA-approved research on psychedel

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I was an MDMA manufacturer in the ’80s. Then fled the country as a fugitive for 20 years. | Part 3

This is part 3 of a 3-part series that follows the story of scientist, chemist, and fugitive, Robert Widdowson. During the 1980’s Widdowson manufactured the MDMA analogue MDHA in Santa Fe, New Mexico until he was arrested and charged under the Federal Analogues Act.

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I was an MDMA manufacturer in the ’80s. Then fled the country as a fugitive for 20 years. | Part 2

This is part 2 of a 3-part series that follows the story of scientist, chemist, and fugitive, Robert Widdowson. During the 1980’s Widdowson manufactured the MDMA analogue MDHA in Santa Fe, New Mexico until he was arrested and charged under the Federal Analogues Act.

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I was an MDMA manufacturer in the ’80s. Then fled the country as a fugitive for 20 years. | Part 1

This is part 1 of a 3-part series that follows the story of scientist, chemist, and fugitive, Robert Widdowson. During the 1980’s Widdowson manufactured the MDMA analogue MDHA in Santa Fe, New Mexico until he was arrested and charged under the Federal Analogues Act. This is his story.

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Psychedelic Stories | Snake: The Spirit of Ayahuasca

My rational mind told me that I should be absolutely terrified, but I felt no fear at all. As his consciousness merged with mine, I knew instinctively that he meant me no harm.

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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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Dennis McKenna on his ethnopharmacology conference 50 years in the making

It’s been 50 years since the last one. The original idea was to hold followups every 10 years. But the war on drugs came along, and they were never held. It’s time to take another look at the current state of the art.