(Amanda Bowers) Last month, Hazel Park City Council voted to decriminalize psilocybin and other naturally occurring psychedelics, despite federal prohibition on the same. Passage of the resolution takes a first step toward nullifying federal prohibition in practice and effect.
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Another Study Shows Psychedelic Psilocybin Mushrooms Offering Long-Term Relief From Depressive Symptoms
(Andy Corbley) In another study on the use of psychedelic compounds as medicine, two doses of psilocybin—the compound that gives “magic mushrooms” their magic—was found to significantly reduce major depressive symptoms in adults when it was combined with assisted psychotherapy.
Santa Cruz Decriminalizes all Psychedelic Plants & Fungi
(Neil Gaur) Santa Cruz, California has voted to decriminalize all Entheogenic Plants and Fungi which includes Ayahuasca, Peyote, Magic Psilocybin Mushrooms, Ibogaine and many more, on Tuesday January 28th, 2020. This initiative was brought to the city council in November of 2019. They are the second city in the US to decriminalize all Entheogenic plants, after Oakland and the third to decriminalize Magic Mushrooms, which includes Denver, Colorado.
Psilocybin and Mindfulness Meditation Combined: Possible Hope for Treatment of Depression and Anxiety?
(Nikki Harper) It has long been known that psilocybin, found in ‘magic mushrooms’, can create feelings of a connection to the collective consciousness, and a dissolution of the self – often in experiences which prove positively life-changing for the participants [1]. Now new research has for the first time examined the effect of adding mindfulness meditation to the psilocybin experience, and the results may offer hope for eventual therapeutic treatment of depression and anxiety.
World’s First “Magic Mushroom” Microdosing Nasal Spray Announced
(John Vibes) Pharmaceutical companies and other private entities have been making significant investments into psychedelic therapies, especially psilocybin, the active ingredient in many of the most popular “magic mushrooms.”
Scientists Have Created a Bacterium That Poops Huge Amounts of Psilocybin
(Jake Anderson) Scientists now know how to produce a high-quality, low-cost, industrial-scale strain of psilocybin.
‘Microdosers’ of LSD and Magic Mushrooms are Wiser and More Creative
(Thomas Anderson) We just ran the first ever pre-registered scientific study on the microdosing of psychedelics and found some very promising results.
Denver Decriminalizes ‘Magic Mushrooms’: No Big Deal Or An Important Step In Our Awakening?
(Richard Enos) The notion that we need to have an authority figure tell us what to do and what not to do is coming more and more into question in modern times. In fact, wresting away the power we have given to our authority may turn out to be the single most important challenge we face in our collective awakening.
Mainstream Media Falsely Claims Vote to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms Failed—It Passed
(Matt Agorist) Nearly seven years ago, Colorado citizens—tired of the war on drugs and wise to the near-limitless benefits of cannabis—made US history by voting to legalize recreational marijuana. Now, this state has once again placed themselves on the right side of history as they voted this week to decriminalize magic mushrooms. However, depending on where you get your news from, you may have heard the opposite.
Psilocybin Mushrooms Help Addicted Cocaine Users Stop
(Marco Torres) Unlike with alcohol or nicotine, pharmacological options are not available to individuals addicted to cocaine. However, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham believe the tool to help individuals treat their addiction may very well exist in nature.