Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor Drugs and crime chief says $352bn in criminal proceeds was effectively laundered by financial institutions Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations'...

What's your favorite technique for mastering the mind? How do you go about it? How often do you do it? Does it work?

Czech govt defines rules of hallucinogenic plants growing, ceskenoviny.cz Prague - The Czech government today approved the list of hallucinogenic plants and mushrooms, including hemp, coca, mescaline cactus and magic mushrooms, and decided that people would be allowed to grow up to five pieces...

by Morgan Maher The world of art has lost a truly original visionary – a seer in all senses of the word. I think we all join together in wishing him a safe passage to the other side of the river…--Laurence Caruana Legendary shaman, teacher and artist Don Pablo Amaringo died on the 16th of...

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_.../2009/11/c.html I don't for a minute buy cannabis "fatalities". It's impossible to kill yourself with pot. The press reports "cannabis-related" deaths which is surreal. David McCandless, who devised the graph and runs Informationisbeautiful, adds...

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No new information here, but it puts it all in perspective.

'Wereld vergaat pas in 2208' Amsterdam, 26 okt. De profetie dat de wereld in december 2012 vergaat is gebaseerd op een rekenfout. Als de onheilstijding al werkelijkheid wordt, zal dat pas in 2208 zijn. Dat zeggen wetenschappers in het novembernummer van het tijdschrift NWT Natuurwetenschap&...

Tough new laws on cannabis use Aleisha Preedy The Australian Sunday 11 Oct 2009 THE West Australian government is set to roll out some of the toughest cannabis laws in the country in a bid to reduce the number of users. WA Premier Colin Barnett announced two new legislations relating to drug...

^I don't think it is a real good idea to recommend Sartre to someone contemplating suicide. I get suicidal just reading his words. :lol: IF (and that is a big IF) you want to read philosophy to further you on this path, I would recommend reading Discipline and Punishment by Foucault and then...

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I :heart: you guys. I have learned so much here in the last, what, four and a halve years? Thanks for the guidance when I needed it, thanks for listening and reading what I have written and said, thanks for sharing your thoughts, emotions and insights into the Magnificent Void, thanks for...

http://www.opensourcecinema.org/ Great project with a nice documentary about remix-culture.

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Chris Anderson's book Free is available for free download. It is an interesting read about how free stuff is changing the world in general and business in particular. Some interesting pieces about the gift economy as well.

Tobacco, Ayahuaca, Peyote, Mushrooms, Santa Maria – Heaven and Hell Physics Bodyweight: 73 kg Age: 27 Substances: Tobacco – a few snorts of Sumo de Tobacco, a few puffs of the pipe Ayahuasca – 1 cup of tea Peyote – 2 cups of tea Mushroom – a cup of tea of around 1.5 gram Ps. Cubensis dried...

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TOUGH policing of the illegal drugs market may have the perverse effect of making drugs more affordable and thereby encouraging people to use them, according to a new model of the dynamics of this market. Its creators, a team of economists led by Manolis Galenianos of Pennsylvania State...

Psychotropic Drugs and the Nature of Reality Michael Persinger - Psychotropic Drugs And The Nature Of Reality Dr. Persinger's winning lecture, which focused on psychotropic drugs, investigated the nature of consciousness: What it is and how it can be modified by drugs, particularly those that...