Brazil !!

Brazil Appeals Court rules drug possesion constitutional right.
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Basel Resolution

The following link is to an image of the resolution signed by a number of attendees of the World Psychedelic Forum in Basel last month. You can copy the image to your desktop so you can magnify it to a readable size. It's a very poignant call for the decriminalization and the legalization of psychedelic substances.
LINK: resolution-englisch.jpg

Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

Recently the Feds raided The Herbal Nutrition Center (again) and this time, not only did they take their medical cannabis vending-machine, they smashed all the glass shelves and display cases in the shop. So it is favorable timing that the Hon. Dr. Ron Paul has recently introduced a new bill, the “Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act” which would bar the Federal government from intervening in such doctor/patient relationships that violate no state law.

In Dr. Paul's new column, entitled, Politicizing Pain, he gives moral and economic credence to the necessity of such a bill with a vivid example, which of course is just one out of thousands.

POLITICIZING PAIN

K.K. Forss does not claim medical marijuana solves all his problems. His pain from a ruptured disc in his neck is debilitating. He is unable to go to work or to the First Baptist Church he used to attend because of the pain and muscle spasms. Taxpayers through Medicare spend over $18,000 a year on his various medications. Half of those drugs are strong narcotics. The other half address the various side-effects brought on by the first half, such as nausea, heartburn, heart palpitations, difficulty sleeping, and muscle spasms.

No, marijuana would not completely address all his pain, but it made a tremendous difference in the quality of his life when he tried it for over a year. It helped him regain 38 pounds he had lost. It calmed his muscle spasms and helped him sleep. In short, it alleviated many side effects and greatly reduced his need for other expensive medications. Mr. Forss estimates that being allowed to use medical marijuana would save taxpayers at least $12,000 a year in medications he would no longer need. He would also be able to work occasionally and attend some church services.

READ REST OF COLUMN HERE.

also... here's a 5 minute interview on CNN today:

And here's the full page ad High Times ran twice, free-of-charge:

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Graham Hancock on the pharmacratic inquisition.

Bit from an interview with Graham Hancock, author of Supernatural and Fingerprints of the Gods. Well said, Graham.

Run From The Cure

Rick Simpson cured many cases of terminal cancer and countless other diseases and cell-mutations with hemp oil containing THC. This corroborates with recent lab findings that THC reduces lung cancer by 50%. The hidden story of hemp as medicine is explored by Rick Simpson in this Canadian documentary. If these stories are true (as they seem to be), THC is more of a miracle cure than most of us ever supposed.
Om Shiva Shankara!
Hare Hare Ganjah!

[EDIT: Not a scientific or policy film in any way. Mostly just people sharing their healing stories, don't get your hopes up medical researchers!]

Part 1.


for parts 2 -7 go HERE.

air-date change for History Channel's Psychedelic Odyssey

The 2 hour documentary, Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey will now air on April 19th, 2008 at 10:00pm (Check Local listings...) and also a repeat showing the following Saturday on April 26, 2008 at 5:00pm.

"Travel adventure to the deepest Amazon jungles- this is the untold story of the psychedelic era. The story of hallucinogens: from jungle shamans to the hippie generation. Stars Wade Davis, Bob Weir- Grateful Dead, Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Albert Hofmann- the inventor of LSD."

Here's a preview.

Motivation of an Entheogenic Chemist

A paper is online written by prisoner of drug-war, Casey Hardison. Here is the abstract:
Casey Hardison was arrested spring 2004 for the production of psychedelic-type drugs, i.e., LSD, 2C-B and DMT. In the three years since, not one person from ‘authority’ had bothered to ask him what motivated him to synthesise psychedelic drugs. It was as if the a priori assumption that ‘all illegal drugs are bad’ had provided the answer. Hence, the Judge asserted that Hardison did it for “that basest of human emotion, greed” as though the psychospiritual benefits of an alchemical path dedicated to expanding consciousness and personal transformation, through insights integrated into action, upon which he had expounded at great lengths during trial, were some elaborate “portmanteau defence”, just some ruse to get him out of the dock. It was not, it was a committed stand for ‘cognitive liberty’ and for a world full of people who understand the fine line between alone and all one.

Full report: Erowid.com

Former Surgeon General: Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical Marijuana

Dr. Jocelyn Elders on the historic document from the 124,000-member American College of Physicians that certifies the medical value of marijuana.

LINK: Alternet.com

"Tree of Life" by The Human Revolution

Groovy!

Times Article on Medical Psychedelic Research

Positive mainstream press on psychedelic science resurgence and the Basel conference.



Could Ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms one day be legitimate prescription medicines? It sounds unlikely, but doctors and researchers in the US and across Europe believe it is possible and that new science will prove the case.
Full article: Timesonline.co.uk

UN Drug Czar Gets All Worked Up

The Tipping Point - Rick Doblin Ph.D.

Interview with really cool animations between Daniel Pinchbeck's Post Modern Times webzine and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Director, Rick Doblin.
http://www.MAPS.org/
http://www.postmoderntimes.com/

Trancend the Universe (spoof)

This is a spoof of one of those 'Above The Influence' anti-dug ads:

Soulwax: E-Talking

Hat-tip to Dedroidify

Ten years for selling light bulbs due to the WOD

Another mind-boggling example of this horrific drug war, war of drugs, pharmacratic inquisition:

link: Forgotten Man

Sign the Psychedelic Support Statistic!

Dose Nation notifies us of Project Sunspot's efforts in "documenting the numbers in the public at large of those who support the furthering of legitimate psychedelic research/education."
This is the first attempt at such a statistic and will be interesting to see what numbers we get.
Take a second to add your name:
LINK: www.project-sunspot.com/

Hight Times runs Ron Paul ad 2nd time, for free!

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Bill Hicks' Heroic Dose UFO Telepathy 1987 Harmonic Convergence Experience

An excerpt from a biography written by his friend.
from "Agent of Evolution"

So when Bill talked about mushrooms and evolving and UFOs he wasn't joking. Okay, he found a way to get a laugh out of it: "That's why people in rural areas always see UFOs, they are always tripping on mushrooms that the cows just shit out of their butt", but Bill wasn't kidding when he talked about it from the stage.

Read the entire excerpt: Sacred Cow Productions

Horizon: Britain's Most Dangerous Drug

This is a pretty informative new Horizon Documentary. Maybe the first time I learned anything new about drugs from a telly show (such as a UK street term for LSD is 'paper mushrooms.') I think they were a tad harsh over Cannabis and gave some misinfo about Ketamine, Cocaine and Heroin, but otherwise a nice mass-media accomplishemnt.
"Is Alcohol more dangerous than ecstasy?"
" A team of leading scientists has spent two years analyzing the effects of twenty widely used drugs. BBC asks what is Britain's most dangerous drug? "

American Drug War

An extended trailer for the highly anticipated documentary, American Drug War: