Looking Glass Psychedelics

09/10/2024

Past 30-day use of cannabis and hallucinogenic drugs among adults aged 19-50 have remained at “historically high levels” in the U.S. while past-month and daily alcohol use continued a decade-long decline among adults aged 19-30, with binge drinking reaching all-time lows.

The latest Monitoring the Future Survey, funded by the National Institutes of Health, found that past 30-day cannabis use and the use of hallucinogenic drugs among adults aged 19 to 30 and 35 to 50 in 2023 remained at “historically high levels” while past-month and daily alcohol use continued a ...

09/20/2023

https://jobbiecrew.com/detroit-psychedelic-mushroom-dispensary/?fbclid=IwAR1v-B2WMEgmJgKmkX5NJIw-k8en0OS9V-EQujn7T4SYYQsFS7XU4WSzL_Q

Thanks to Yahoo News for this: Soul Tribes International is a 508(c)(1)(a) non-profit organization specializing in psychedelic therapy and spiritual healing The aim is to address the nation’s mental health crisis, today announced that the grand opening of its first psychedelic church and sacrament...

06/17/2023

https://hightimes.com/study/study-psychedelics-show-promise-in-reopening-critical-periods-in-brain/

The findings on psychedelics and “critical periods” offer potential to treat a wide range of conditions, such as stroke and deafness.

06/17/2023

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230614-how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist

Brendan was once a leader in the US white nationalist movement. But when he took the drug M**A in a scientific study, it would radically change his extremist beliefs.

06/17/2023

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210906-what-if-everyone-took-psychedelics

The growing legitimacy of psychedelics as therapies promises to transform how we view the extraordinary, writes Ed Prideaux.

06/17/2023

https://www.analyticalcannabis.com/news/no-differences-between-equivalent-doses-of-lsd-mescaline-and-psilocybin-study-finds-314809

There are no significant differences in the effects of L*D, mescaline, or psilocybin when given at equivalent doses, according to a new study.

06/11/2023

it's incredibly dumb that they knock cannabis in this.

Psychedelic use is linked to several specific psychological strengths, study finds

03/05/2023

The Doors of Perception is an autobiographical book written by Aldous Huxley. Published in 1954, it elaborates on his psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline in May 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision",[1] and r...

01/03/2023

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/psilocybin-therapy-now-legal-in-oregon/

Oregon’s psilocybin mushroom therapy reforms took effect on January 1, two years after voters approved a measure to allow therapy using the psychedelic fungi. The delay was due to lawmakers who were tasked with creating the regulatory framework for the production and sale of the mushrooms, the New...

12/21/2022

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/20/england-police-decriminalise-hard-drugs-home-office?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Police chiefs’ plan to recommend addiction services would be far more effective than this ‘war on drugs’, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

10/13/2022

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-the-world-of-psychedelics-preaach-tickets-432042971157?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

A first of its kind collaboration - live panel and eclectic talks about diverse psychedelic topics!