by Spirit Molecule | Ayahuasca, DMT, Ibogaine, Psilocybin, Psychedelics
Cannabis legalization started in Colorado and quickly expanded over to its neighbours, in the very same way, the decriminalization of natural psychedelics is slowly following suit. On May 28, 2019, the Public Safety Committee of the City Council of Oakland, California...
by Spirit Molecule | Psilocybin, Psychedelics
After Denver became the first US City to decriminalize Psilocybin, other cities and countries are sure to follow suit in the coming months and years. The Psychedelic Society of London in the United Kingdom has started a campaign to demand the rescheduling of...
by Spirit Molecule | Psilocybin, Psychedelics
On Tuesday, the residence of one US city voted in favour of making Denver the first US city to in effect decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive substance found in “magic mushrooms” – adding a new chapter to the city’s role in shaping wider drug policy. The native...
by Contributing Author | Ayahuasca, Psychedelics, Safety & Harm Reduction
Around 40 police officers intervened in a healing ceremony in a home on Nieuwstraat in Eersel, Noord-Brabant, on Wednesday evening. A few weeks ago a 31-year-old man from Hungary died after participating in a similar ceremony. Four people were arrested on Wednesday,...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psychedelics
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Catalysts for Change I remember a story once shared with me by a person who was a middle aged Russian man who had never had or even heard of psychedelic experiences or higher states of consciousness. He joined our conversation...
by Spirit Molecule | Other, Psychedelics
What is Western civilization all about? What are its greatest achievements and highest aspirations? It’s my guess that most people’s replies to these questions would touch— before all the other splendid achievements of science, literature, technology, and the...
by Spirit Molecule | Other, Psychedelics
It’s fairly agreed upon these days that the war on drugs has caused more problems than it’s solved, and that controlled legalization along with treatment over incarceration would make a better solution. Countless lives have been lost and billions in taxpayer revenue...
by Spirit Molecule | Other, Psychedelics
In a radical move, the former presidents of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland joined hands with political and industrial heavy-weights Kofi Annan, Richard Branson, George Shultz, Paul Volcker and others to foster a paradigm shift in how...
by Spirit Molecule | LSD, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Science
Researchers say the drugs are much less harmful than alcohol, and banning them is a human rights issue because of their “spiritual” links. The Norwegian researchers also claim there is no link between LSD and magic mushrooms and mental health problems....
by Spirit Molecule | Other, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Science
A recent Press Release from MAPS from their website regarding legal issues with MDMA and its legalization for medicinal use within 6 years. You can read the original release here. Santa Cruz, Calif.—The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psychedelics
In 2001, the Portuguese government did something that the United States would find entirely alien. After many years of waging a fierce war on drugs, it decided to flip its strategy entirely: It decriminalized them all. If someone is found in the possession of less...
by Contributing Author | LSD, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Science
When David Nichols earned a Ph.D in medicinal chemistry from the University of Iowa in 1973 by studying psychedelics, he thought he would continue studying hallucinogens indefinitely. “I thought I would work on it for the rest of my life,” he says. His...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Safety & Harm Reduction, Self Actualization
On an April Monday in 2010, Patrick Mettes, a fifty-four-year-old television news director being treated for a cancer of the bile ducts, read an article on the front page of the Times that would change his death. His diagnosis had come three years earlier, shortly...
by Spirit Molecule | Other, Psychedelics
The world is on the brink of discovering that through psychedelics, we can drastically positively alter how we think and potentially destroy destructive opiate addictions. In a article from newscientist.com, the writer who wishes to remain anonymous went into a small...
by Contributing Author | Other, Psychedelics
The conservative wave of 2014 featured an unlikely, progressive undercurrent: In two states, plus the nation’s capital, Americans voted convincingly to pull the plug on marijuana prohibition. Even more striking were the results in California, where voters...
by Contributing Author | Cannabis, Psychedelics, Psychedelics & Health, Science
First it was a cough. Then it was bronchitis. Then it was time to say goodbye to Michelle Aldrich. The year 2011 was supposed to be a good one for the 66-year-old. That June, she and her husband, Michael, were feted with a lifetime achievement award by High Times...