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    Research helping combat drug addiction (Salvia divinorum)

    (Medical Xpress) -- Better help with battling drug addiction could be at hand as a result of research underway at Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Bronwyn Kivell, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, is screening a number of anti-addiction compounds that may ultimately...
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    New drug may keep you sober when intoxicated from alcohol

    New drug may keep you sober no matter how much you've had to drink Chinese tree extract has long been used as a hangover cure. Now it is being turned into a 'sobriety pill' that could cure alcoholism. Imagine a pill that could instantly sober you up no matter how much you've had to drink, or a...
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    Flashback! Psychedelic research returns

    Flashback! Psychedelic research returns Four decades after Timothy Leary, LSD shows success in medical trials. Will the right completely trip? Kristof Kossut arrived at an unlikely address for his first psychedelic experience. The 60-year-old New Yorker and professional yachtsman opened the...
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    Why Drug Legalization Just Won’t Happen

    America outpaces every country in the world in the number of people it incarcerates. Many of those responsible for the ballooning prison population are low-level drug offenders. Since the majority of prisoners are characterized as non-violent offenders, critics of drug prohibition assert that...
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    Did the use of psychedelics lead to a computer revolution?

    Did the use of psychedelics lead to a computer revolution? Steve Jobs and a host of computer pioneers believed LSD helped their creativity – but coincidence does not imply causality You might be excused for thinking these are the words of a philosopher or a stoned Grateful Dead fan, but no...
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    Woman receives compensation for LSD treatment (Norway)

    Compensation for LSD treatment A 67-year-old woman is believed to have become the first Norwegian to receive compensation for the ongoing ill effects she has suffered for nearly 40 years after being treated with the hallucinogenic drug LSD in the 1960s. Newspaper Aftenposten reported that Gerd...
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    Shaman found guilty of supplying hallucinogenic drug

    Shaman found guilty of supplying hallucinogenic drug August 11, 2011 - thisissouthdevon.co.uk A MIDDLE-AGED Shaman from Buckfastleigh faces a possible jail term after being convicted of producing and supplying a class A drug at a healing ceremony. Peter Aziz conjured up two brews of sacred...
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    Article: Research Chemicals for Psychonauts

    Research Chemicals for Psychonauts: The Global Explosion of Designer Psychedelics Legal and semi-legal chemical analogs of psychedelic drugs are readily available on the Internet, and an active online community is experimenting with them and sharing reports. As regular readers of my column are...
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    Operation Julie: How an LSD raid began the war on drugs

    A new book casts fresh light on an undercover operation that smashed one of the most extraordinary drug rings the world has ever seen and changed British policing forever. What was Operation Julie? It was hardly a typical drugs bust. When police from around the country swooped before dawn one...
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    LSD Alleviates 'Suicide Headaches' (cluster headaches)

    LSD Alleviates 'Suicide Headaches' BERLIN—Patients suffering from the agony of cluster headaches will take anything to dull the pain, even LSD, it turns out. Results from a pilot study presented here on Saturday at the International Headache Congress reveal that six patients treated with...
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    Canadians Allowed To Vaporize Cannabis During Flight

    A group of four, who where heading to the TreatingYourself Expo cannabis trade show in Toronto, boarded a WestJet flight on June 2 with a vaporizer and proceeded to use it throughout the flight without any hassle from flight attendants or fellow passengers. All of them were travelling with a...
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    Researchers: Psilocybin positive effects lasting over a year

    Magic mushroom’s positive effects lasting over a year, say researchers Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine claim to have determined the proper dose levels needed to create positive changes in attitudes, mood, life satisfaction, and behavior that persist for more than a...
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    Decriminalise possession of drugs, celebrities urge gov

    Decriminalise possession of drugs, celebrities urge government Campaign headed by actors, academics and lawyers says current drugs laws stigmatise people and damage communities Dame Judi Dench, Sir Richard Branson, and Sting have joined an ex-drugs minister and three former chief constables in...
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    Study: Analysis of legal highs

    Study: Analysis of legal highs Guess what? According to this recent study in the UK, most legal highs do not contain what they advertise. Piperazines and caffeine are the most common subsances found in fake legal highs marketed as unlabeled research chemicals (what?). Is anyone surprised? The...
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    Interview with Dr. Rick Strassman

    Psychiatrist Dr. Rick Strassman was the first scientist to conduct U.S. government-approved human research into hallucinogens and psychedelic drugs after the so-called War on Drugs. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers and is the author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule Avi Solomon: Tell us...
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    Sewage reveals drug habits

    WHILE sewage is not something you can set your watch by, it'll certainly tell you when the weekend has arrived. Last year Yves Levi and colleagues at the University of Paris-South found that Parisian waste water was awash with cocaine and its metabolites on Friday and Saturday nights (Forensic...
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    Breaking Convention: Notes from a Psychedelic Conference

    Breaking Convention 2011: Notes from a Psychedelic Conference The sprawling campus of the University of Kent, in Canterbury, became host to the UK’s first psychedelic consciousness conference on the second and third of April, 2011. The campus’ Wolfe building was a thronging hive, as all the...
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    Willie Nelson could sing his way out of pot trouble

    (CNN) -- Willie Nelson's latest pot bust could be settled for a song and $100, a west Texas prosecutor said. "You can bet your ass I'm not going to be mean to Willie Nelson," Hudspeth County Attorney C.R. "Kit" Bramblett told CNN Monday, confirming his plea recommendation. Nelson, a treasured...
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    2C-E overdose leaves Minn. teen dead, 10 hospitalized

    BLAINE, Minn. (AP) - One teen died and 10 teenagers and young adults were hospitalized Thursday after an apparent mass overdose on a designer hallucinogen at a suburban Minneapolis home, authorities said. Investigators said the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has identified the drug as...
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    Move to ban Salvia questioned (Canada)

    An addictions expert in Alberta says the federal government needs to do more homework before it bans salvia, a potent hallucinogenic herb that's currently classified as a natural health product. Smoking salvia —also known as magic mint and diviner's sage — can produce a short but intense high...
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    DEA Finally Admits Marijuana is Medicine

    If you thought they were going to issue a formal apology after decades of flagrant dishonesty, you would be mistaken. But the DEA is at long last conceding marijuana's incredible medical value…by giving pharmaceutical companies exclusive permission to make pills out of it. "[M]arijuana has no...
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    Ecstasy shows no 'ominous' risk to brain

    Taking Ecstasy did not decrease mental ability compared with with those who did not use the drug which researchers say runs contrary to earlier studies. In one of the largest studies on the cognitive effects of the illegal party drug, U.S. researchers started with a pool of 1,500 potential...
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    Interview with a ketamine chemist

    INTERVIEW WITH A KETAMINE CHEMIST OR TO BE MORE PRECISE, AN ARYLCYCLOHEXYLAMINE CHEMIST There are medicinal chemists who work on an unseen side of the pharmaceutical industry. Like their legally sanctioned counterparts, they work to synthesize drugs they hope will produce therapeutic effects in...
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    Outcry over Australian ban talk (datura, acacia, salvia)

    AUSTRALIA’S national floral emblem, the iconic wattle, could be banned for its hallucinogenic properties if a proposed schedule of controlled plants currently before the Attorney-General is approved. The discussion paper, which also targets common ornamental garden plants like datura (angel’s...
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    Green tea may prevent dementia

    Drinking green tea regularly could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer's. It could also protect you against other forms of dementia, a group of UK scientists claimed Thursday. The study, conducted by researchers from Newcastle University, in northeastern England, also suggested the...
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    Salvia eyed as treatment for alzheimer's, chronic pain

    Doctors hope further studies of salvia, a powerful hallucinogen that is sometimes smoked by recreational users, will unlock treatments for a variety of neurological disorders including Alzheimer's disease and illnesses that cause chronic pain. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital recently...
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    Cambridge University students injected with ketamine

    Cambridge University students injected with ketamine The University of Cambridge has paid students £250 to be injected with the nightclub drug ketamine as part of a research project. The experiments, carried out by the Department of Psychiatry, were designed to investigate treatment methods...
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    Former Minister: Drugs should be legalised to beat dealers

    All drugs should be legalised to beat dealers, says former minister All illicit substances, including heroin and cocaine, should be legalised, according to a former drugs minister who will today become the most senior politician to push for a dramatic change in the strategy for tackling...
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    Salvia study shows intense, novel effects in humans

    Controversial halluclinogen Salvia study shows intense, novel effects in humans December 10, 2010 In what is believed to be the first controlled human study of the effects of salvinorin A, the active ingredient in Salvia divinorum, a controversial new hallucinogen featured widely on You Tube...
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    Gov decides not to have scientific advice on drugs any more

    UK Government proposes to scrap need for scientific advice on drugs policy Amendment removes requirement to appoint at least six scientists to Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Ministers will not be required to seek the advice of scientists when making drug classification policy in...
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    LSD accelerates Pavlovian learning in rabbits

    Injections of the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD or acid, accelerates Pavlovian learning in rabbits by desensitizing certain neurotransmitter receptors, according to a published report. The study, which was lead by Anthony G. Romano of the Drexel University...
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    New Study Confirms Decriminalization Portugal Was a Success

    From the perspective of drug warriors, the criminal laws against drug possession are all that protect Americans from a deluge of drugs, an orgy of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine use that would kill children, destroy productivity and basically leave America a smoking hulk of...
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    Alexander Shulgin, 85, hospitalized with a stroke

    Alexander Shulgin, 85, hospitalized with a stroke. Donations and volunteers asked to preserve his work I just learned via Psychedelic Research that one of the greatest researchers in psychoactive drugs, Alexander Shulgin, 85, has been hospitalized with a stroke. He was surgically intervened two...
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    Charges Against Shaman Taita Juan Dropped!

    Charges Against Taita Juan Dropped! (Nov 16th) It is with great joy in our hearts that we write to update our community with news that the criminal charges against Taita Juan have been dropped as of today, November 16, 2010. At some point within the next couple of days, the court will begin the...
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    Arizona Legalizes Medical Marijuana

    Arizona Legalizes Medical Marijuana On Sunday, Arizona officially became the 15th state to legalize medical marijuana. It was the narrowest of victories: By the time that all of Arizona's of 1.67 million votes were counted, Proposition 203 won by less than 5,000. But while that was hardly a...
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    Scratch-And-Sniff Marijuana Cards Used In Netherlands

    In a government effort to curb what is perhaps their nation's best-known vice, Dutch households will soon receive marijuana-scented scratch-and-sniff cards to help them detect illegal urban cannabis plantations in their vicinity, the BBC is reporting. According to Rotterdam authorities, over...
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    Despite rejecting Prop. 19, Californians favor legalization

    California voters rejected Prop. 19, but a post-election poll found that they still lean toward legalizing marijuana for recreational use and, if young voters had turned out as heavily on Tuesday as they do for presidential elections, the result would have been a close call. The survey...
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    Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin' says Prof David Nutt

    Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin' says Prof David Nutt Alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack, according to a study published in medical journal the Lancet. The report is co-authored by Professor David Nutt, the former UK chief drugs adviser who was sacked by the government in October...
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    Germany's almost legal drug: cannabis

    Germany's almost legal drug: cannabis Legalizing cannabis in Germany is only a political side issue, but the topic persistently finds its way back into the conversation and the headlines. As California votes on the issue, DW looks at the German situation. When the Left Party recently...
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    LSD, now made in India

    LSD, now made in India An indigenous industry engaged in manufacturing the popular party drug has spawned in parts of the state and Gujarat; it was earlier smuggled in from Europe and the USA It's raining money for businesses this festive season and drug dealers don't want to be left behind...
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    Love is a powerful painkiller, study finds

    Love is a powerful painkiller, study finds Researchers say just a photo of one's beloved activates the brain's reward centers something like a drug might. Learning how to harness this could help relieve pain without drug-induced side effects, scientists suggest. Sooner or later, love usually...
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    Designer drugs webstore shuts down (Poland)

    Designer drugs webstore shuts down 08.10.2010 09:16 UPDATE 1 - As MPs vote through emergency legislation to crack down on designer drug shops in Poland, the web site which has dominated the market in what have been up until now “legal highs” has closed down. ‘Dopalacze.com’, one of the major...
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    All Drugs Should Be Legalized Immediately, Says Harvard Prof

    All Drugs Should Be Legalized Immediately, Says Harvard Prof October 6, 2010 - businessinsider.com By Henry Blodget California residents will vote in November on whether or not to legalize marijuana. If they vote "yes," says Harvard economics professor Jeffrey Miron in the interview below...
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    Serotonin Uses Pathway Distinct from Hallucinogenics

    Researchers Discover that Serotonin Uses Pathway Distinct from Hallucinogenics Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have figured out the pathway serotonin uses to mediate biological functions. They discovered that it is distinct from the signaling pathways used by hallucinogenic...
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    Can lessons be learned from Portugal's drug laws?

    Can lessons be learned from Portugal's drug laws? October 3, 2010 - BBC Some analysts suggest that lessons can be learned from Portugal's drug laws. So how are things done differently there? As she waited calmly with fellow drug users queuing for their weekly treatment in Lisbon's main detox...
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    Dutch Coffeeshops to become members-only clubs

    Dutch right-wing coalition: Coffeeshops to become members-only clubs The leaders of the conservative VVD, the Christian Democrats and Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party have presented their plans for a centre-right government. Amongst 18 billion euro cuts, tightened immigration policies and a ban on...
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    CNN: Sooner or later, marijuana will be legal

    (CNN) -- It's as predictable as the sun rising and setting. Even though police made more than 850,000 marijuana arrests last year, a recent government report shows youth marijuana use increased by about 9 percent. Supporters of the failed war on drugs will no doubt argue this increase means...
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    Turn on, tune in … heal your head? LSD as therapy

    In a psychiatrist’s office in the sleepy Swiss town of Solothurn, patients are taking part in extraordinary individual therapy sessions that can last up to eight hours. The patient can sit on a stool or lie on a mat while listening to music or exchanging a few words with the psychiatrist. But...
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    A chance for a scientific drugs policy (UK)

    A chance for a scientific drugs policy There's a growing recognition that Labour's incoherent drugs policy has failed. Let's build a science-based replacement Last week Professor Roger Pertwee called for cannabis to be licensed for sale, and now Tim Hollis, the Association of Chief Police...
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    'Magic mushrooms' ingredient beneficial to cancer patients,

    Researchers find psilocybin improved the anxiety and depression of terminal cancer patients for up to six months. The study is considered a first step in restoring the hallucinogen's respectability. The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," can improve mood...
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    UK critically short of fungi experts

    THEIR specialist knowledge saved the life of author Nicholas Evans, who suffered severe kidney failure after eating a poisonous mushroom picked on a Scottish estate. Now, scientists have warned that there is a critical shortage of mycologists - experts in identifying and studying fungi - and...
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    Ecstasy-Assisted Psychotherapy May Help Patients With PTSD

    Ecstasy-Assisted Psychotherapy May Help Patients With Treatment-Resistant PTSD July 22, 2010 — Methlylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), also known as "ecstasy," added to psychotherapy may relieve symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients who are resistant to other treatments...
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    Feds Raid Legal Marijuana Farm, Destroy Crops

    Feds Raid Legal Marijuana Farm, Destroy Crops Agents descended on the property of Joy Greenfield with guns drawn, tore out the plants and took Greenfield's computer and cash. July 12, 2010 The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has flouted Mendocino County, California’s newly enacted...
  54. PNews

    The Psychology of Entheogens

    The Psychology of Entheogens: An Exposition of the ‘Entheological Paradigm’ The following is a deconstruction of the methodology employed by Martin W. Ball Ph.D. in his essay ‘Terence on DMT: An entheological analysis of McKenna’s Experiences in the Tryptamine Mirror of the Self’. It is not...

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