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For a time, it seemed that convincing America’s premier research institutions to fund or sponsor research on hallucinogenic drugs was nearly impossible. In fact, the recent Journal of Pharmacology study on magic mushroom effects represents a 30-year effort to rebuild legitimate psychedelic research programs from the ashes of 1960.

These are familiar sentiments to Roland Griffiths, the scientist who led a study of 36 volunteers, most of whom detailed similar experiences after taking the hallucinogenic compound. In a report published on July 1st in the Journal of…

Scientists prove that beta-caryophyllene, a chemical found in marijuana, soothes the immune system, increases bone mass, and blocks pain signals — without causing euphoria or interfering with the central nervous system.

As noted by Joseph Campbell over a century ago, in his epic 1894 study for the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, On The Religion of Hemp: “To the follower of Islam the holy spirit in bhang… is the spirit of the great prophet Khizr, or…

From The Houston Chronicle : “According to documents filed in the case, Gonzalez, Jones and an unnamed juvenile on March 15 went to an Humble cemetery, dug up a man’s grave, left with the head and turned it into a “bong.” ” People have strange lives…

Jones claimed he and his friends used shovels to dig up the body and removed the corpse's head with a garden tool, Adkins said. Jones also revealed he and the other two boys took the severed head to the juvenile's home, where they used the…

It’s the psychedelic drug that inspired Hendrix and The Beatles - and shaped the music, art and literature of a generation. As the world bids farewell to the bicycling Swiss chemist who created LSD, John Walsh explores his mind-altering legacy

The definitive acid movie is The Trip, scripted by none other than Jack Nicholson, directed by Roger Corman and starring Easy Rider duo Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. Because it's wholly in favour of the acid experience (ad-man Fonda…

Since the middle part of 2006, the European market is being flooded with weed that has been sprayed with industrial glass etching crystals to increase the resale weight. This has caused collapsed lungs, bleeding and chest pains. If you smoke, then please click the link. The contaminated weed is unsafe, and unsalvagable. Please pass on the info!

The full consultation document contained 52 questions with free-response text boxes. 5,000 copies of this document were issued to key stakeholders throughout the country. In addition to the full document, a shorter set of seven questions was…

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Keith Brown, a council youth development officer, was travelling through the United Arab Emirates on his way back to England when he was stopped as he walked through Dubai’s main airport. A search by customs officials uncovered a speck of…