Psychedelics

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The State: Friday, Oct 27, 2017

To get a vision of the future of psychedelics from a legal and regulatory perspective, the most useful thing to do might be to see what’s happening already in the realm of weed.

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Psychedelics and Mental Health

Depression. Anxiety. Addiction. Most everyone of us knows somebody who is battling such a condition. Talk therapies may help, but sometimes they don’t. Antidepressants may help, but sometimes they don’t.

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Neşe Devenot – The Role of Poetic Language in Psychedelic Science – Horizons

Linguistic theory and poetic interpretation are as crucial as chemical analysis for analyzing data within psychedelic science, highlighting the importance of scholarly collaboration across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

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What’s so controversial about microdosing?

The incredible mainstream press microdosing has received has managed to avoid many discussions.

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I was in the MAPS MDMA for PTSD study. It freed me from a childhood of abuse.

MDMA-assisted psychotherapy gave me the ability to feel compassion and empathy for myself.

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Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. An Interview with Iker Puente on Holotropic Breathwork

Holotropic Breathwork is not just a breath technique. It was conceived as a non-drug way of accessing non-ordinary states of consciousness.

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How Psychedelic Science Privileges Some, Neglects Others, and Limits Us All

There is an urgent need for cultural humility in psychedelic science in order to prevent it from falling into the same limiting, and often unethical, traps that we see in Western science and medicine.

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The State: Tuesday, Sept 19, 2017

Welcome to the first edition of The State. This column will look at a few of the more noteworthy stories making waves in the psychedelic and reform spheres, and when appropriate, examine how they fit into a larger context.

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Psychedelic cluster busting headache medication saves me. And it’s completely illegal

Cluster headaches to me feel like someone has my eyeball in their fist, steadily putting more and more pressure on it until it threatens to pop like a grape.

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The first time I ate mushrooms a Papua New Guinea shaman showed up

We locked eyes for what felt like an eternity…like he and I had done this many times before.

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10 Reasons to End the War on Drugs and the War on Sex Workers

Just as the drug war makes drug-taking more dangerous and disproportionately affects the most vulnerable, the War on Sex Workers makes sex work more dangerous too. Here are 10 reasons ending the War on Sex Workers makes as much sense as ending the War on Drugs.

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Eight Things to Do After You’ve Taken Psychedelics

Eight tips for after the medicine is over.