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Activists Bring 51-Foot Cannabis Joint to Hillary Clinton

I had the very strange joy of driving a Hillary Clinton rally with a van full of cannabis activists.

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Dorion Sagan on Carl Sagan, Lynn Margulis, and his new book, Cracking the Aging Code

In this interview I talk with Dorion Sagan about whether his father Carl Sagan used LSD, his mother Lynn Margulis’s paradigm-changing theory of symbiogenesis, her thoughts on psychedelics, and his new book Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old-And What It Means for Staying Young.

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Why I Opposed Half-Baked Legalization in Ohio

Legalization should mean everyone has the right to grow, not just some people or corporations with money looking to profit.

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Nick Sand – Father of the Orange Sunshine

Nick Sand’s talk at the 2016 Ozora Festival.

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I fell in love while candy flipping

The LSD rushed through my gums and into my jaw at the same time the bitter drip of MDA slowly ran down the back of my throat. I didn’t exactly understand what was happening nor did I care because I was excited.

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An Interview with Amanda Feilding, the ‘Hidden Hand’ in Psychedelic Science

We talked with Amanda Feilding about LSD, psychedelic neuroscience, Beckley Foundation’s latest research, and her promise to Albert Hofmann.

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Comedian Adam Strauss on treating OCD with psilocybin mushrooms

Inspired by a scientific study showing that psilocybin mushrooms can potentially cure OCD, Adam Strauss embarked on vigilante psychopharmacology.

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Manny Pacquiao and Rodrigo Duterte support the death penalty for drug crimes

Pacquiao’s drive to reinstate capital punishment for drug crimes is in line with President Duterte: “If you know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself, as getting their parents to do it would be too painful.”

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Coming Out of the Psychedelic Closet: Final Thoughts

Regardless of what conclusions we draw, the topic of psychedelics and identity politics is important at a time when public assumptions about psychedelics are transforming.

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Baltimore Uprising: The Untold Story

The evening news showed the fires on loop, but on the ground, a beautiful unity followed.

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Coming Out in Solidarity

Psychedelic users and sexual minorities are both involved in the same struggle. We both represent a valid threat to the same obsolete control mechanisms. We are on the same team.

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The Youth Movement To End The War On Drugs

Most of the information the “D.A.R.E. generation” was taught in school was sensationalized, exaggerated, or simply factually incorrect (typically all three).