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Hemidesmus indicus - Sugandi, SarivaThis healing plant, known in ancient Ayurveda medicine as Sugandi, has been revered for its medicinal properties for nearly a thousand years. It naturally produces a wide variety of beneficial compounds known for their healing, calmative and dream inducing effects.
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Helichrysum Odoratissmum - ImphephoTribes in South Africa have used Imphepho to make smoking blends, often they mixed it with Shamanic grade tobacco to induce deep trance states and shamanic visions.
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Cyperus Articulatus - Piri PiriGuinea rush grass, or Piri Piri, is native to the Amazon basin, where native tribes have used it as a medicine for hundreds of years; but it is also known to be a potent dream herb, euphorant and sedative.
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Celastrus Paniculatus - Celastrus Seeds For thousands of years, Ayurveda medicine men have used the Celastrus seeds for their potent medicinal properties. It was used for many different ailments, but most notably it was administered as a powerful brain tonic, appetite stimulant, and emetic.
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Entada rheedii - African Dream HerbThis liana vine is well known for its enormously large seeds and has been used, by African tribal healers, for centuries to commune with the spirit world through their dreams. The medicine men believe that by consuming the seeds of this magical plant they are able to induce lucid dreams.
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Salvia on Schedule: Detriment to ResearchScientific American explains how the scheduling the mind-altering herb as a controlled substance could slow medical research. This is not news, but the fact that Scientific American published this article is.
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Oldest Christian Bible - Let Translations Begin!The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. Starting Monday, it became available for perusal on the Web. Scot McKendrick, head of Western manuscripts at the British Library, said the book "offers a window into the development of early Christianity and firsthand evidence of how the text of the Bible was transmitted from generation to generation."
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Spiritual Effects Of Psilocybin In Sacred MushroomsIn a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those effects appear to last more than a year. Writing in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the Johns Hopkins researchers note that most of the 36 volunteer subjects given psilocybin, under controlled conditions in a Hopkins study published in 2006, continued to say 14 months later that the experience increased their sense of well-being or life satisfaction.
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Ethnopharmacology of Ska María PastoraS. divinorum is one of several vision-inducing plants employed by the Mazatec Indians, one of the native peoples living in the mountains and upland valleys of northeastern Oaxaca. Unlike other Mexican tribes, there is little information concerning their existence before the arrival of the conquering Spanish, who reduced the Mazatecan population through exploitation and disease.
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Melissa officinalis - Lemon BalmLemon Balm has long been known for its aromatic qualities and its culinary uses. The Greeks used Lemon Balm to treat insomnia, to calm nerves and alleviate anxiety. It was used as an ingredient in Mediterranean dishes, as a garnish, as an additive to flavor deserts, to make hot and cold teas, and as a flavoring agent in candies and gums; its essential oils were used in much the same manner as spearmint oil.
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Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer CellsThe study showed, conclusively, that THC (the active alkaloid in Cannabis) caused brain cancer cells to undergo a process called autophagy. This process causes cells to feed upon themselves, thereby destroying them, and not only did researchers witness this process, the specific route by which the autophagy process unfolds was isolated as well.
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The God Chemical: Brain Chemistry And MysticismBarbara Bradley Hagerty discusses the latest in brain research and the use of entheogens to induce spiritual states of mind in the laboratory. Topics covered include: Peyote ceremonies, lessons learned from scientific studies of LSD's effect on the brain, serotonin’s role in the brain and in mystical experiences, continuing the work that researchers like Timothy Leary began in the 50’s.
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History of Sceletium tortuosum (Kanna)Other reports confirm that kougoed induces feelings of euphoria and deep meditative tranquility. Subjects report that the relaxation induced by kougoed enables one to focus on inner thoughts and feelings, and enables one to intensely concentrate on the beauty of nature. Some subjects describe elevated sensations of the skin to fine touch, as well as sexual arousal
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Empathogenic Effects of Sceletium tortuosumAs far as being a potentiator of cannabis, there is no doubt that sceletium has this effect. Much more was gotten from much less when sceletium was added. Overall, it is my opinion that the pleasant effects of this substance, when used in moderation far outweigh the negative ones. Furthermore, the effects on cannabis potentiation are marked.
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Ancient Psychoactive Incense and PreparationsPsychoactive incense has been known about and used for thousands of years; Over time and after many trials mankind has discovered that a potent hallucinogenic incense could be made by combining several different plants, resins, bark and roots.Although there has been very little modern research into their efficacy and historical uses, what is known is that they can have powerful effects on an individual’s psychology and be a catalyst to truly transcendent experiences.
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Russia Bans Blue Lotus Smoking BlendsLight drugs are still available in free sale in Russia despite the official decree issued by Surgeon General Gennady Onischenko. One can purchase a blend of dry herbs in specialized shops. Dope sellers assure their customers that their products are absolutely harmless.
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Healing and Regenerative Effects of AyahuascaOne writer's personal journey into healing and self-awareness at Camp Ayahuasca.
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Who Will Be Obama’s Pick For ‘Drug Czar’?by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director.
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Marc Emery, Canada's Prince of PotIn November 2002, Cannabis Culture publisher Marc Emery completed his second run for Mayor of Vancouver, Canada's West Coast cannabis capital. The renowned pot seed merchant placed fifth on the crowded ballot, participating in all major debates and campaigning under the banner of the Vancouver Marijuana Party.
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Might the Gods be Alkaloids?The question related in the title of our presentation addresses the role and use of psychoactive plants, throughout the process of human evolution, as inducers of altered states of consciousness.
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Theobroma cacaoCacao truly is a "Food of the Gods", especially now that it's been clinically-proven to be extraordinaily good for our bodies. Yes, chocolate is indeed derived from cacao and has extraordinary nutritional properties, as well as psychoactive and aphrodisiac qualities as well!
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The Land of the Lotus SmokersMetaphor and drug use from Homer's the Illiad and he Odyssey, and modern day use of the lotus flower in extracts and herbal blends.
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Turbina corymbosa - OloliuquiOloliuqui is the Aztec name for the seeds of certain convolvulaceous plants which have been used since prehispanic times by the Aztecs and related tribes, just as the sacred mushrooms and the cactus peyote have been used in their religious ceremonies for magic and religious purposes.
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Absinthe - Green Fairy - WormwoodNow that the ban on absinthe has been lifted in the United States, as well as around the rest of the world, all of us now are able to enjoy The Green Fairy again in all her psychoactive and sometimes psychedelic glory that inspired many great artists.
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US Leads World in Substance Abuse, WHO FindsThe United States leads the world in rates of experimenting with marijuana and cocaine despite strict drug laws, World Health Organization researchers said on Tuesday. Countries with looser drug laws have lower rates of abuse, the researchers report in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Medicine.
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How the Internet Fuels the Global Psychedelic CommunityThis year and the next, the United Nations will evaluate the War on Drugs. Since its official start in 1998 we have been bombed with official statistics on drug use, drug addiction, drug trafficking, street prices, courtcases and all the like. But what does this information tell us? Drugs are bad, drugs are expensive, drugs are addictive, drugs equal crime. These numbers obviously show us that drugs, despite of their bad reputation, are undeniably part of our society.
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What Herbs May Help People With AnxietyDr. Michael W. Kahn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Director of Ambulatory Psychiatry at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, discusses alternative herbal therapies for treating anxiety.
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Low-Dose Psilocybin Brings Relief To Cluster-Headache SufferersAnecdotal evidence and comprehensive, scientific case studies point to successful treatment of cluster headaches with psilocybin mushrooms.
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Will Harvard Drop Acid Again? Dr. John Halpern of Harvard University conducts research through human clinical trials into the medicinal value and applications of LSD and psilocybin. Joining forces with Halpern is Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
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Brazil Appeals Court Rules Drug Possession Not a CrimeAt the end of March, a Brazilian appeals court in São Paulo declared that possession of drugs for personal use is not a criminal offense. Several lower courts had previously ruled in the same way, but the ruling from the São Paulo Justice Court's 6th Criminal Chamber marked the first time an appeals court there had found Brazil's drug law unconstitutional as it pertains to simple drug possession.
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Incense May Relieve Depression and Anxiety NaturallyResearchers find psychoactive link between burning frankincense incense and relieving symptoms of anxiety and depression.
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Blood is Thicker Than FriendsFiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama describes his experience with a Vanuatu kava session.
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The Shroom TragedyMagic mushrooms are on the verge of being outlawed by the Dutch government for the usual sensationalized reasons as everywhere else.
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Khat Out of the BagA Somali national residing in London was caught with 10 kilogrammes of khat at the Malta International Airport (MIA) last week. This was the second time that the drug was discovered by the authorities in Malta. But it is well known in other parts of the world, including the UK where it is legal.
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Could an Acid Trip Cure Your OCD?Research intensifies into the use of psychedelics in the treatment of psychological conditions such as depression, PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder and anxiety. Patients undergoing treatment for life-threatening diseases such as cancer are finding answers and shifting their attitudes toward the positive on their prognoses through the use of mind-bending drugs such as LSD, peyote, hallucinogenic mushrooms and MDMA.
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Psst... Government-Supplied Marijuana Program Turns 30May 10th marked the 30th anniversary of a little-known federal government program - referred to as a Compassionate Investigational New Drug (IND) program - which supplies medical marijuana to only a handful of patients.
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Autism, ADD, ADHD and Marijuana TherapyMedical Marijuana research over the last six years demonstrates a link to marijuana use and alleviating symptoms of ADD, ADHD, depression, pain and other chronic conditions.
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Research On Psychedelics Moves Into The MainstreamIn-depth article on the new, emerging studies of the psychotherapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs such as LSD, MDMA and Psilocybin.
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Self-Experimenters: Psychedelic Chemist Explores the Surreality of Inner Space, One Drug at a TimeAlexander Shulgin endured a government crackdown and hallucinations of his bones melting in pursuit of new mind-bending compounds.
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The Future of PsychedelicsAuthor Daniel Pinchbeck discusses the 2008 World Psychedelic Forum held recently in Switzerland, and the potential for studying psychedelic therapies in the shifting world political climate.
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A Psychedelic ‘Problem Child’ Comes Full CircleUpon the death of psychedelic pioneer Dr. Albert Hofmann, Benedict Carey of the Ne York Times examines the history, and the potential therapeutic future, of LSD is examined.
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Did LSD Change Britain?Upon the death of LSD's inventor, Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman, the history of the use and legality of LSD in Britain is explored.
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Ayahasca Memories and TouchstonesFamous Ayahuasca experimentalists recount their trip memories, and the plant's legal history is discussed.
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Taking an Ayahuasca TripCalifornian Hamilton Souther takes psychonaut tourists on guided journeys into the depths of ayahuasca and all its magic through his Blue Morpho lodge in the Peruvian jungle.
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The Shaman Of KarshongThe story of the making of an Iha, or Shaman - a father of four who became possessed by a local deity and now serves as an intermediary for his village with the spirit world.
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New Medical Trials Study Therapeutic Uses of LSDA new Swiss research study of LSD as a therapy is the first in 36 years. The clinical trials are to determine its usefulness in easing anxiety and relieving pain in patients suffering from illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis.
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Trip Of A Lifetime: How LSD Rocked The WorldA comprehensive overview of the life and work of Albert Hoffman, the bicycling Swiss chemist who created LSD - it explores the trailblazing, mind-altering legacy he left behind after his death on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at the age of 102.
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How Radical Sixties Architecture Let It All Hang OutForty years after the unrest of May 1968, Shumon Basar reviews the new book "Spaced Out", a study of the avant-garde architecture that spring during the mind-expanding drug experimentation of the psychedelic sixties.
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Brain's Reaction To Potent Hallucinogen Salvia ExploredU.S. Department of Energy is conducting new brain-imaging studies on animals, documenting the effects of Salvia divinorum on the brain.
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Salvia Divinorum: Old Psychedelic Drug, New AppealThe hallucinogenic herb Salvia divinorum can be purchased online or at a local head shop. While the DEA and others want to limit its use, scientists say making it a controlled substance would hinder research.
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Ayurvedic 'Viagra' To Be Tested On HumansResearchers in India are studying the effects of Ayurveda herbal medicines for treatment of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.
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LSD Helped Forge Alex Grey's Spiritual, Artistic and Love LivesInterview with artist Alex Grey explores his use of psychotropic drugs and their influence on his art, his spirituality, and his life.
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Marijuana May Prevent Cancer, Not Cause ItClinical research begins to demonstrate a link between Cannabinoids and halting the spread of a wide range of cancers.
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LSD, Ketamine & Cannabis Could Treat Headaches to DiabetesDoctors and researchers in the US and across Europe are studying legitimate therapeutic applications of psychedelic drugs with new science set to prove their case.
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Ancient Shamanic SolutionsCultural anthropologist and author, Dr. John Broomfield, studies ancient shamanic cultures and applies ancient wisdom to modern-day solutions.
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Ken Kesey's Mexico - On the Lam With Ken KeseyJournalist Lawrence Downes goes down Mexico way in an attempt to conjure the trail blazed by Ken Kesey, novelist, psychedelic prophet and hero of “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, along with his band of Merry Pranksters in the 1960s.
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New Documentary: PEYOTE TO LSD: A PSYCHEDELIC ODYSSEYPEYOTE TO LSD: A PSYCHEDELIC ODYSSEY, a new documentary on the life of Richard Evans Schultes, one of the greatest botanist-explorers of the 20th century, premieres on the History Channel April 20, 2008
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Santo Daime: The Drug-Fuelled ReligionA new religion is spreading to Britain - its central sacrament the consumption of a hallucinogenic ayahuasca. This report is from inside the faith's heartland, the rainforests of the Amazon.
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Massachusetts Aims For Marijuana Decriminalization in NovemberThanks to a carefully-crafted initiative campaign by the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy (CSMP), Massachusetts may be the next state to take the step to decriminalize marijuana.
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Withania somnifera - AshwagandhaWidely used back in Mesopotamia for its medicinal and narcotic properties, this member of the Nightshade Family, was well known in ancient Egypt and characterized and classified as a sakrân intoxicant in Old Arabic.
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Yohimbe - Pausinystalia yohimbaIn addition to its sexual stimulant and aphrodisiac qualities, the bark of the yohimbe tree has been reported to also be hallucinogenic when smoked. The psychoactive effects are primarily due to the main active constituent yohimbine. Yohimbine has sympatholytic and local anesthetic properties. It also has vasodilating effects, especially on the sex organs.
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Passiflora - Passion FlowerThe psychoactive properties of the Passiflora genus as a whole is still awaiting thorough ethnopharmacological study, however there are several species that have a rich history as entheogens.
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White Lotus - Nymphaea amplaThe effects of the flower when prepared as a tea or decoction and ingested are said to be much like the opiate apomorphine. White lotus actually contains aporphine, which is closely related to apomorphine, differing only in the lack of two hydroxyl groups. It is very likely that is can be transformed into apomorphine through processing, storage or through one’s own metabolism. There are many who report feelings of floating and euphoric sensations after ingesting a potion made from the white water lily.
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Just Say "NO" To ToadColumnist Steve Rose reports on the trend of "toad smoking."
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Salvia Divinorum Creates Catch-22Florida follows the lead of eight other states and considers ban on Salvia divinorum.
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Tagetes lucida - MarigoldsTagetes lucida, widely identified as a powerfully psychoactive strain of the marigold flower, was first documented by the Aztecs. They used Tagetes lucida in their ritual incense they referred to as yyauhtl. This name was derived from the Aztecan word ujana, meaning “to offer incense in sacrifices.”
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Peyote (Lophophora williamsii)Peyote (Lophophora williamsii grows in South-Eastern America and in northern regions of Mexico. In Mexico, peyote has been used for divination in shamanic rituals and in the treatment of ailments for at least 10,000 years.
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Outrageous Anti-Pot Lies: Media Uses Cancer Scare TacticsHeadlines suggested a study proved pot is a greater cancer risk than tobacco -- but the media didn't even wait for the report to be released.
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Narcotics Control Board Destroying Coca CulturesIn a culturally insensitive and irrational move, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has called for the governments of Bolivia and Peru to abolish all uses of the coca leaf, including coca leaf chewing.
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Ira Glasser Remembers William F. Buckley, Jr.William F. Buckley, Jr., conservative intellectual--and supporter of drug policy reform--passed away February 27, 2008. He is remembered by Ira Glasser, president of DPA's board and former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Moses High On Drugs: Isreali ResearcherNew study examines the possible use of psychoactive plants by Moses on Mt. Sanai, and in the religious rites of biblical times.
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Making Pot Legal: We Can Do It -- Here's HowChanging public opinion about pot isn't easy. Changing America's anti-pot laws is even harder -- here's a blueprint to get it done.
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States Must Tackle Medical-Marijuana IssueWorkplace Safety is made key issue in Northwest States' Medical Marijuana Initiatives
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Berkeley Declares Itself Sanctuary For Medical PotThe City of Berkley, CA, resolves to guarantee continued access to medical marijuana, under increasing pressure from the DEA.
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Debunking the Hemp ConspiracyPot isn't illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with hemp -- it's because of racism and the culture wars.
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College Students Less Religious & More SpiritualStudents are becoming more open-minded in their beliefs, leaving organized religions, but growing more spiritual in their search for meaning in the world around them.
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Good Drugs, Bad Drugs: Psychotropics as a Gateway to EnlightenmentAn historical overview of the politicizing and criminalization of spiritual psychotropic substances.
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Breaking the Drug Taboo: Group of Traumatized Veterans Get Ecstasy TreatmentClinical trials study the therapeutic benefits of the use of MDMA in the treatment of military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Ayahuasca: A Strange BrewA comprehensive article on therapeutic experimentation with Ayahuasca, a psychotropic plant common to South America.
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Pot Dispensaries Closing Under Threat of FedsThe DEA puts pressure on building landlords of Medical Marijuana facilities in a maneuver to shut down legal clinics.
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Chile rediscovers native Mapuche remediesChileans are rediscovering ancient herbal remedies of the Mapuche indigenous tribe.
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Acorus Calamus var. AmericanusCalamus was originally noted to have hallucinogenic properties through ethnobotanical research dating back to the 1960s. However, sweet flag has been held in high esteem by North American Indians for hundreds of years.
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Papaver somniferum - Opium PoppyAncient peoples considered this a sacred medicinal plant and a source of powerful shamanic potions. The opium poppy was a magical ritual plant among the Germanic tribes. The opium poppy is one of the most significant plants in history, having had considerable impact on the human condition and quality of life; both for good and bad.
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DEA Targets Landlords to Shut Down DispensariesThe Drug Enforcement Administration's six-month-old surge against medical marijuana in California continues to ramp up with new threats to northern California dispensaries.
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More Illegal Federal HarassmentOn Tuesday, agents of the Pecos Valley Drug Taskforce in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration searched the home of a registered medical marijuana patient who has lost the use of his legs and suffers chronic pain and muscle spasms due to a spinal cord injury.
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Transforming the AlchemistsSome historians are rethinking the role of trial-and-error alchemy in the development of chemistry as a science.
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U.S. Renews Bid to Destroy Opium in Afghanistan After the biggest opium harvest in Afghanistan’s history, American officials have renewed efforts to persuade the government here to begin spraying herbicide on opium poppies, and they have found some supporters within President Hamid Karzai’s administration, officials of both countries said.
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Fasting Fakir Flummoxes PhysiciansPrahlad Jani, a holy man, or fakir, who is over 70 years old, has just spent 10 days under constant observation in Sterling Hospital, and during that time, he did not consume anything and "neither did he pass urine or stool", according to the hospital's deputy superintendent, Dr Dinesh Desai.
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In the Land of the Lotus EatersTourists threaten natural habitats in Hawaii, where kava and lotus are sacred plants revered for ages.
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The Nation’s Borders, Now Guarded by the NetMike Milne, a spokesman for the Customs and Border Protection agency in Seattle, said, "If you are or have ever been a drug user, that's one of the many things that can make you inadmissible to the United States. Mr. Feldmar said, "I should warn people that the electronic footprint you leave on the Net will be used against you; it cannot be erased.”
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Senior PC World Editor Killed for PotFour masked men burst into the Pittsburg home of Rex Farrance, 59, about 9 p.m. Tuesday, fatally shooting him and pistol-whipping his wife after demanding money, police said. No arrests have been made.
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Major Win for Medical MarijuanaA San Diego Superior Court this week handed a critical victory to medical marijuana patients nationwide, affirming the ability of states to exempt qualified patients from criminal penalties, despite federal policy that prohibits all marijuana use.
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MAGIC MUSHROOMS FOUND TO HELP HUMANSThe results were clear: Sixty percent of the psilocybin group elicited behaviors consistent with a "full mystical experience" as measured by psychological scales. Two months later, about 79 percent of the group reported "moderately to greatly increased" well-being or life satisfaction.
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Alaska Re-Criminalizes MarijuanaThe new law, which makes it a crime to possess any amount of marijuana in the privacy of one’s home, directly contradicts a September 2004 Alaska Supreme Court ruling allowing adults aged 21 and older to use and possess up to four ounces of marijuana in the privacy of their homes.
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Pot Smoking Not Linked to Lung CancerPeople who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at increased risk for developing lung cancer, new research suggests.
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House Approves Stem Cell Bill Opposed by Bush The House passed a bill on Tuesday to expand federal financing for embryonic stem cell research, defying a veto threat from President Bush, who appeared at the White House with babies and toddlers born of test-tube embryos and warned the measure "would take us across a critical ethical line."
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Amazonian Tribe Suddenly Leaves Jungle HomeRecently, and rather mysteriously, a group of nearly 80 wandered out of the wilderness, half-naked, a gaggle of children and pet monkeys in tow, and declared themselves ready to join the modern world.
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The WTO - The Stoner's New Best FriendIn the United States, possession and distribution of marijuana is nominally illegal. But you don't have to be Tommy Chong to know that pot's legal status is cloudy and confused.
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Older Americans Have Stake in Medical Marijuana Struggle72% of Americans age 45 and over think marijuana should be legal for medicinal purposes with a doctor's recommendation, according to a poll commissioned by AARP, the nation's leading organization advocating on behalf of older people.
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Supreme Court Sides With Church in Ayahuasca CaseIn a UNANIMOUS RULING Tuesday, the Supreme Court decided that O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal (UDV), a religious congregation based in New Mexico, can use ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic tea, in its ceremonies.
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Federal Court Blocks Marijuana Initiative in NevadaA decision by Nevada's elections officials illegally disqualified thousands of signatures from people who filled out voter registration forms on the same day they signed petitions.
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Cannabis Use Not Linked with Psychosocial HarmVarious reports indicate that young people who use cannabis tend to experience psychological and social problems. However, there is no evidence that marijuana use is directly linked with such problems, according to the results of a study published in The Lancet.
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WHICH SIDE IS WINNING WAR ON DRUGS?In one survey, more than 70 percent of American cancer specialists said they would prescribe marijuana if it was legal. A poll of the British Medical Association yielded similar results.
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Backlash from FDA's Bogus Marijuana ReportThe FDA’s claim, of course, is patently false. Numerous credible scientific studies document marijuana’s medical benefits, most notably a 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report commissioned by the White House drug czar’s office.
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FDA Makes False Claims About MarijuanaLast Friday, 24 members of Congress demanded that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) account for its disingenuous April 20 statement claiming that “no sound scientific studies” support the medical use of marijuana.
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Mexico Passes Law Making Possession of Some Drugs Legal Mexican lawmakers passed a sweeping new drug law early Friday that would crack down on small-time dealers, legalize the possession of small quantities of drugs and mandate treatment for addicts.
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Missouri Bans Salvia Divinorum & Salvinorin AMissouri becomes first state in the U.S. to specifically schedule Salvia divinorum and its active chemical.
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LOUISIANA CRIMINALIZES MANY BOTANICALSThe penalty for possession is imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than 5 years and, in addition, a possible fine of up to $5,000. The penalty for manufacture or distribution is imprisonment with or without hard labor for not less than 2 years nor more than 10 years and, in addition, a possible fine of up to $20,000.
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Liberation?: Afghanistan’s 2nd Largest Heroin Crop EverThe department's annual drug-trafficking report, released in March, warned that Afghanistan was "on the verge of becoming a narcotics state." This year's heroin crop will likely be the 2nd largest ever in Afganistan's history, notedly HIGHER than when the Taliban were in power.
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Liberal Bible-ThumpingEven aside from his arguments that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and that St. Paul was a self-hating gay, the new book by a former Episcopal bishop of Newark is explosive.
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63% Believe Bible Literally TrueSixty-three percent (63%) of Americans believe the Bible is literally true and the Word of God. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 24% disagree and say it is not.
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No More Drug War! - HR 1528We're in the fight of our lives in Washington, DC. High-ranking members of Congress want to take the war on drugs to a whole new level.
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Kona Kava Farm Goes OrganicWith the recent lift of the ban by the FDA, and FDA approval for their farm and manufacturing facility, they have been developing unique products such as cordials, instant Kava drinks, and Kava concentrates, which come in the form of liquefied chocolate.
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Canada Approves Cannabis SprayCanada became the first nation Tuesday to approve a pharmaceutical prescription spray derived from the cannabis plant, a move that could shift the medical marijuana debate in the U.S.
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Anti-Drug Gains in Colombia Don't Reduce Flow to U.S.Five years and $3 billion into the most aggressive counternarcotics operation ever here, American and Colombian officials say they have eradicated a record-breaking million acres of coca plants, yet cocaine remains as available as ever on American streets, perhaps more so.
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Prince Charles Hopeful of End to Kava BanPRINCE Charles is hopeful that the export ban on Fiji's traditional drink will be lifted in the near future. This was relayed by Foreign Affairs Minister Kaliopate Tavola after a brief conversation with the Prince of Wales on Thursday.
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Should 'Sally D' Be Made Illegal?There are plenty of herbal plants, such as Saint-John's-wort or morning glory, that contain emotion-altering compounds. But Salvia divinorum, known in the streets as Sally D, is making bigger legal waves on account of its short-term side effects, which some have described to be hallucinogenic, unpredictable and sometimes disturbing, when smoked, chewed or boiled as a tea.
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Amazonian Shamanism ConferenceThe Church, "Soga del Alma" - "Vine of the Soul" - organizes a Conference for those interested in Amazonian shamanism and ceremonies managed by authentic Amazonian curandero(a)s will also be made available.
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NOT SO DOPEYThe active ingredient of cannabis may protect against heart disease and strokes. In fact, marijuana's ability to relieve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and AIDS, among other diseases, is pretty well agreed by
patients, if not by the medical establishment.
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Supreme Court to Hear Appeal on Hallucinogenic TeaThe U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether the federal government must allow the U.S. branch of a Brazilian-based religion to import a hallucinogenic tea for use as a sacrament.
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The Supremes Debate Medical MarijuanaIt's California pot patients' second effort to break the legal yoke that the federal Controlled Substances Act holds around state laws that let sick people use cannabis if they have a valid recommendation for it from their doctor. In the first case, U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative in 2001, patients argued that "medical necessity" trumped the federal law, much as ambulances are allowed to break the speed limit.
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UDV Wins Ayahuasca CaseAt 1:44 pm Eastern Standard Time today, December 10th 2004, the entire Supreme Court of The United States convened and determined to deny the Department of Justice’s request for that Court’s further intervention in the UDV’s legal case.
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New Attack on Raves and Live MusicLast year there was an outrageous abuse of power in Racine, Wisconsin, where hundreds of music fans were ticketed for being in a crowded nightclub where a few people used drugs. Those ticketed had no drugs on them. The police didn’t even have any evidence that they had ever used drugs. Their only “crime” was dancing at a nightclub where other people who used drugs were arrested.
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Utah High Court OKs Non-Indian Peyote UseSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that non-American Indian members of the Native American Church can use peyote in religious ceremonies.
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Vatican Combats Threat of 'Alternative' ReligionsCatholics from more than 25 countries are in Rome this week to hammer out a strategy for combating the threat posed to Christianity by "New Age" religions and fads.
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Dalai Lama Says Envoys May Return to China Soon The Dalai Lama said on Thursday his special envoys could return to China within months to continue building contacts with Beijing but he said a political solution to the Tibet question was still far off.
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Indonesian Forests on Borrowed TimeConservationists say the rate at which Indonesia is losing its forests has doubled since the 1980s. They say the lowland forests, the richest in the country, will not survive for long on some of the biggest islands. They blame corruption for driving "an epidemic of illegal logging".
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Links Related to Freedom of ReligionA short list of useful links to information regarding fredom of speech and freedom of religion in the United States.
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Pro-Family Groups Hoping to Defeat Bill C-250 "Freedom of speech and religion have not yet been oppressed by Bill C-250, and we remain optimistic . . . If the Prime Minister calls an election before [April 20], the bill would die. But we need to continue the pressure until we win this fully."
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COURT ALLOWS MEDICINAL USE OF MARIJUANA The Bush administration had asked the court, for the Ninth Circuit, to hold a new hearing on that ruling, issued by a three-judge panel in December on a lawsuit filed by two women with chronic illnesses. But in an order issued Wednesday and made public on Thursday, the court denied the request.
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Court Overturns DEA's Ban in Hemp FoodsThe hemp food industry has just won a major victory, defeating the DEA's attempts to ban all foods with even trace, insignificant quantities of THC.
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IRS and FEC Gag Free Speech!Two Bush administration agencies are proposing new regulations to prevent the Alliance and other advocacy groups from telling our supporters about the political actions of federal officials who are up for re-election. Our First Amendment rights - and yours - are at stake! Help us put a stop to the dangerous proposals that could bring an end to free speech and political activism.
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Garden of Eden - Day 1No sooner had God created Adam and put him in Eden than God began to contradict himself. He told Adam that he could eat from all the trees of the garden. ALL the trees. Then God said, “Nevertheless, you can’t eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. If you do, you will die that very day.” It appears that God was still making his mind up about things.
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Patriot Act II Partially Signed Into LawOn December 13, when U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein, President George W. Bush not only celebrated with his national security team, but also pulled out his pen and signed into law a bill that grants the FBI sweeping new powers.
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Headshrinking the American Government-funded researchers and private companies are working on a new breed of pharmaceuticals designed to police your blood, identify illegal drugs, and block them from entering your brain. The CCLE is concerned that some courts may require use of these new "anti-drug" drugs as a condition of receiving probation in drug possession cases. One such drug, known only as SR141716 targets marijuana inside the body. If SR141716 is imposed as a probation condition it, alone, could affect nearly 700,000 people each year who are arrested for marijuana-related offenses.
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Bush Making Drug Cartels WealthyTerrifying reports from Afganistan point to an even more dismal possibility for the future of Iraq, all at the hands of the administration that has stepped up the dismally failed War on Drugs now targeting the sick and the dying.
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Marijuana Causes AND Prevents Pregnancy!In the latest round of contradictions, in addition to causeing the destruction of our rainforests and the rest of the planet, the ONDCP now says that marijuana use both prevents AND causes teen pregnancy simultaneously! - WOW!
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America Destroying Coca CulturesThere has been rioting in Bolivia for nearly four weeks now. News reports say that the riots have been over the construction of a pipeline to ship natural gas to the United States. That's true, but there's a deeper anger at work: anger toward the United States and its war against a traditional Bolivian crop, coca.
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Medical Marijuana Slowly Gains Ground For hundreds of years, marijuana has been used to treat a wide variety of illnesses. But the herb has been illegal throughout the modern era of scientific medical research. Patients swear the drug works to relieve pain, prevent seizures, and counteract the nausea-inducing effects of cancer chemotherapy. But by today's standards, there's no definitive proof that this is so.
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U.S. Backs Colombia on Attacking SUSPECTED Drug PlanesSuch a policy, which has been criticized by human rights groups, was suspended in Colombia and Peru after a Peruvian jet fighter mistakenly shot down a private plane carrying American missionaries, killing two people, one an infant, in 2001.
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Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn't Damage BrainLong-term and even daily marijuana use doesn't appear to cause permanent brain damage, adding to evidence that it can be a safe and effective treatment for a wide range of diseases, say researchers.
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Drug's Roots are in Spiritual CeremoniesIn the case of salvia divinorum, the plant has been used for hundreds of years in specific ceremonies and for explicit reasons. It has, like the blends used in First Nations ceremonial pipes or sweat lodges, long been used with knowledge and reverence. In Lewis' opinion, doling out salvia to everyone who simply wanted to try a puff would feel almost sacrilegious.
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Herb Inspires High ExpectationsFor hundreds of years, salvia divinorum, also known as diviner's sage and magic mint, has been part of the culture of the ancient peoples of the Sierra Mazateca. In a manner similar to peyote, it has been used by local indigenous peoples to induce an altered state for spiritual or meditative purposes.
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War On Drugs Assailed in Congress(ONDCP) Reauthorization Act of 2003. The Democrats on the committee did not rubberstamp this bill; instead, they used the hearing as an opportunity to attack not only the Bush administration's medical marijuana policy, but also the war on drugs in its entirety.
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Bush Administration Ignoring the U.S. ContstitutionThe Bush administration, pressing its campaign against state medical marijuana laws, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let federal authorities punish California doctors who recommend pot to their patients.
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Entire Rainforests Set to Disappear in Next DecadeMore than 23 million acres of the world's forests - enough to cover the whole of Scotland - are disappearing each year because of logging, mining and land clearance for agriculture. The scale of deforestation is so great that some countries, such as Indonesia, could lose entire rainforests in the next 10 years. The appetite for wood for furniture, floors and building in Europe and North America is shrinking the world's forests at a rate of 2.4 per cent every 10 years, official figures show.
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In the War on Drugs, Everyone's a LoserThe War on Drugs has had a profound effect on me. I used to be a proud Republican, but the more I listened to law-and-order Republicans chatter about the dire need for ever more enforcement of the controlled-substance laws, the more Libertarian I became...
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New York Medical Marijuana Bill Wins AgainNew York's medical marijuana bill, A. 5796, scored its third big committee win of the legislative session yesterday, passing the Assembly Ways and Means Committee with a bipartisan vote of 24 to 8. The bill passed the Health Committee April 8 by 16 to 6 and the Codes Committee June 11 by 13 to 2.
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Help Keep the Heat on Drug Czar!Last Thursday, June 5, the Marijuana Policy Project, working in conjunction with the Drug Policy Alliance, scored a remarkable victory in Congress when the House Government Reform Committee placed strong (and new) restrictions on the use of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign for political purposes. Please take two minutes to send a fax to your U.S. representative, urging him or her to support three important amendments when the bill reaches the House floor as early as next week. These amendments are detailed in the following article.
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The Drug War Is The InquisitionRacism, of course, was originally a form of anti-tribalism, driven by the economic value of enslavement. We are no longer overtly racist, in our public laws at least, but we are still politically driven by industrial power centers, still brutally anti-tribal, structurally violent, to millions of our children, our tribal primitives, and to our shamanic adults. Our contemporary slaver war, our Drug War, is a direct descendant, via the Inquisition, of Roman slave law, called Prohibitio by the Romans, Prohibition.
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Indigenous Cultures from Yesterday to TodayShamanism is a very important part of the essence of the wisdom of the Indian. If we truly want to understand what it consists of to know our indigenous peoples we should learn to look beyond the simple phenomena that is produced by the customs, artistic expressions and cultures of a people that belong to another time and that are desperately fighting to survive and to avoid extinction and the acculturation that threatens their beliefs and natural way of life.
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Conservatives Upset at Money Wasted on Drug WarConservative Republican watchdog analysts are upset with the government's incessant wasting of our tax dollars, namely the ones spent on a drug War that has only increased drug use among teenagers.
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Maryland Passes Medical Marijuana BillRefusing to bend to pressure from the Bush administration, Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich signed a bill Thursday that reduces criminal penalties for seriously ill people who smoke marijuana. Ehrlich is the first GOP governor to sign a bill protecting medical marijuana patients from jail.
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Bayer Pioneers New Cannabis-based TreatmentGW Pharmaceuticals plc (“GW”) and Bayer AG (“Bayer”) have entered into an exclusive marketing agreement for GW’s cannabis-based medicinal extract product, to be marketed under the Sativex® brand name.
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Shadows in the SunRenowned anthropologist Wade Davis shows us how preserving the diversity of the world's cultures and spiritual beliefs is just as important as preserving our endangered plants, insects, and animals. This essay focuses on an ayahuasca ceremony.
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Heimia salicifolia (Sinicuichi) Preparations effects include pleasant drowsiness, skeletal muscle relaxation, slowing of heartbeat, dilation of coronary vessels, inhibition of acetylcholine, enhancement of epinephrine, slight reduction of blood pressure, cooling of body, mild intoxication and giddiness, darkening of vision, auditory hallucinations (sounds seem distant), and increased memory function.
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False Alarm: Kava Not Toxic to LiverA meta-analysis of all clinical trials investigating the effectiveness of Kava, supports Kava’s beneficial effects in treating anxiety, without any reported cases of liver toxicity.
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Cannabis: "The Aspirin of the 21st Century?"Cannabis, the third most popular recreational drug after alcohol and tobacco, could win a new role as the aspirin of the 21st century, with growing evidence that its compounds may protect the brain against the damaging effects of ageing.
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Ninth Circuit Court Blocks DEA Hemp RuleThe Court granted the hemp industry's Motion to Stay the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) "Final Rule," which was issued March 21, 2003 and would have banned the sale of nutritious hemp foods containing harmless trace amounts of naturally-occurring THC under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970.
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Amazon's Green Gold Biotechnology firms, pharmaceutical corporations, laboratories and university researchers are scouring the Amazon rainforest in a profit-driven pursuit. Seeking the Amazon’s “green gold,” they are turning to local indigenous groups to gain access to thousands of years of accumulated secret potions and traditional remedies.
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Blue Lily (Nymphaea Caerulea) PreparationBlue Lily extracts best into alcohol. Wine is traditional. However, any other alcohol would work, and certainly an ethanolic sublingual or ingestible tincture could be made from larger amounts.
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History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the USThis speech is derived from The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition by Professor Richard J. Bonnie & Professor Charles H. Whitebread, II
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Sheep Staggers from Phalaris GrassImportant information for anyone concerned with the botanical properties of different strains of DMT-containing grasses.
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Get Ready for PATRIOT ACT IIThe "fog of war" obscures more than just news from the battlefield. It also provides cover for radical domestic legislation, especially ill-considered liberty-for-security swaps, which have been historically popular at the onset of major conflicts.
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Medical Maijuana Defense Bill - A RealityThe new medical marijuana affirmative defense bill in Congress is a reality! On Friday, March 21, three members of the California delegation sent a letter to all U.S. House members, informing them about the new bill and asking them to cosponsor it. YOU CAN HELP! - It's so simple...
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Our Judaic-Christain HeritageAn Inquiry into the Ideas and Forces that Link
the Thought of Our Time with our Religious Past.
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Jesus as a Mythical CopycatThere are many mythological figures who came long before Jesus, yet the mythological story of Jesus is strikingly similar to these...
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Tobacco Use - A Cross-cultural ComparisonTobacco in the South American Indian Tradition is used for purification, connection with the divine, and recreation. It plays a major role in many shamanistic traditions, and is an integral part of many of their cultures.
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Medical Marijuana Loses AgainA federal judge has refused to block the U.S. government from potentially prosecuting two pot-smoking women whose doctors say marijuana is their only medical solace.
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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Deaths on Rise WorldwideA new study shows that premature deaths from tobacco, alcohol, and other illegal drugs are rising worldwide, Reuters reported February 25th, 2003.
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The Way of the Shaman...many educated, thinking people have left the Age of Faith behind them. They no longer trust ecclesiastical dogma and authority to provide them with adequate evidence of the realms of the spirit or, indeed, with evidence that there IS spirit. Secondhand or "...third hand anecdotes in competing and culture bound religious texts other times and places are not convincing enough to provide paradigms for their personal existence. They require higher standards of evidence."
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Lactuca virosa - Wild Lettuce, Green Endive, Lettuce OpiumThe Hopi smoked the dried resin, or sap, obtained from the plant. The Hopi believe that induced dream states contain more information about reality than the conscious waking state. Wild lettuce, aka lettuce opium, is said to enhances the vividness of dreams when smoked prior to sleep.
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Hallucinogens and CreativitySince the late 1950s, when psychedelics became more potent and more easily available, many studies and interviews focused on the influence of hallucinogen on the creative process. Most interest was placed on understanding how the mind works under the influence of hallucinogens. Is it possible for these altered states to modify cognition so that a higher level of creativity is reached?
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Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)Wormwood is an ancient plant who’s roots can be traced back to ancient times. Most don’t think about this one fact, but the Greek goddess; Artemis is where this plant gets its name from. Most scholars believe that this was a name attributed to all Artemisia species, and not just Artemisia absinthium, but that’s quite a testament to this plant, rich in historical value, and one of the most infamous psychoactive plants known today.
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the Peyote Gardens: A Conservation Crises?Peyote is not a dangerous drug that victimizes Native Americans as alcohol as done. Rather, it is a sacred plant having a history of use of more than 6000 years. It is only used ceremonially and as medicine. It is not addicting, nor does it cause harmful effects. It is one of the most important medicines to Native Americans. Their religion, in which peyote is used as the sacrament, is highly moral and serious.
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Salvia Divinorum Cultivation: The Easy WayGrowing her in itself is a magical experience. Yet there is probably no other plant that instills such an utter fear in beginner cultivators. When I went to bring her home from the greenhouse I bought her at, I almost expected to see her in some specially controlled atmospheric chamber with tubes and misting nozzles everywhere, and the dull whine of compressors and life support systems. Instead I was handed this tough looking little plant with a thick stem and yellowish green leaves that was sitting on the table by the door of the greenhouse. In awe of this little plant I brought her home and started to grow her.
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Closet Cactus CareFor the non-professional cactus lover starting cacti from seed can be a daunting task, especially for those without a greenhouse and experience. But growing these beautiful specimens of the plant kingdom should not be limited to those who are mass producers.
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The YanomamiThe Yanomami comprise a society of hunter-agriculturists of the tropical rainforest of Northern Amazonia, whose contact with non-indigenous society over the most part of their territory has been relatively recent.
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Survival InternationalSurvival International ('Survival') is a worldwide organisation supporting tribal peoples. It stands for their right to decide their own future and helps them protect their lives, lands and human rights.
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Psychoactive Plants Traditionally Used in MadagascarTHE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS refer to two plants used by some of the autochthonous peoples of Madagascar and are based on an article by a French researcher, Pierre Boiteau. The article is unmentioned in the specialist literature on psychoactive plants.
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Growing Anadenanthera colubrina - Cebil, VillcaFresh seeds germinate very easily, but seeds sold for entheogenic purposes are likely be too old and are unlikely to germinate. It is important to buy only seeds sold as 'viable' if you intend to grow this species.
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Lessons in The Use of Mazatec Psychoactive PlantsDuring the mid-1980’s I participated in a caving expedition in the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca, Mexico. Our group intended to explore and map the lower reaches of the Sotano de San Agustin, which at that time was the deepest known vertical cave in the western hemisphere.
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Argemone mexicana - Prickly PoppyThis is an extraodinarily interesting psychoactive plant, which is just now being rediscovered by psychonauts everywhere. Rich in history with the Aztecs, this poppy plant is presently legal worldwide.
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The Matses Indians - Making MagicThe Matses are a small, seminomadic, hunting-gathering tribe who live in the remote jungle along the Rio Yavari, on the border of Peru and Brazil.
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Legal Status of Ayahuasca Herbs on the Line in the USA case which pits the US government against the vine and leaves used to make ayahuasca, the South American visionary tea used for physical, emotional and spiritual healing, is nearing the trial phase and funds are urgently needed for the defense.
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Ethnobotanical Tools in the Ancient Near EastIt is suggested that art and artifact have been sources often overlooked in determining the ethnobotanical content of any early civilization. The suggestion is made that early civilizations in the area of the Fertile Crescent employed Datura, Cannabis, Claviceps, Mandragora, Nymphaea, Vitis, and possibly Papaver as medicaments and ritual entheogens.
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Botanical JewelryHumans have been decorating their bodies with the beauty of natural objects for thousands of years. Primitive man wore necklaces made from the bones, claws and teeth of slain animals.
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Chacruna - An Overview of Ayahuasca's Principal CompanionPsychotria is distributed in the warm and tropical regions of both hemispheres. They are low to tall shrubs or small trees, sometimes epiphytic. Approximately 1,200 species are described, of which about 800 are valid taxa. Classification of Psychotria species is very difficult, even for trained botanists. Skilled shamans often recognize "kinds" of chacruna which are indistinguishable to botanists.
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The Plant Kingdom and Hallucinogens In our penetration into the study of known hallucinogens and in our search for new ones, we have much to do and little time in which to do it. Civilization is closing in on many, if not on most, parts of the world still sacred to the less advanced cultures. It has long been pressing in, but its pace is now greatly accelerated, with the consequent lessening of man's dependence upon his immediate environment.
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Soma of the Aryans: an ancient hallucinogen?This paper is based upon the author's "SOMA, Divine Mushroom of Immortality ", published in 1969 in New York by Harcourt Brace & World Inc., and in The Hague by Mouton. This work is referred to in the following pages as " Soma".
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Plants as Teachers Among 4 Mestizo Shamans of Iquitos, PeruIn the city of Iquitos and its vicinity there is even today a rich tradition of folk medicine. Practitioners, some of whom qualify as shamans, make an important contribution to the psychosomatic health of the inhabitants of this area.
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Kieri and the Solanaceae: Nature and Culture in Huichol MythologyArticle concerning the use of Solandra among the Huichol and the true identity of Kieri.
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Antiquity of the Use of New World HallucinogensA review of psychoactive plants known from archaeological contexts and artistic representations shows that their use has spanned centuries, continuing in places in Mexico and South America to the present day.
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Shamanism and PriesthoodWe have come to recognize two main types of religious practitioners, the shaman and the priest. The shaman is found typically in tribal cultures, the priest in state formations and so, presumably, later in appearance, although some overlap between the two may occur. The picture we derive from the literature on this subject presents a sharp contrast between shaman and priest: we conceive of them as qualitatively different.
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Shamanism in the Native Bon Tradition of TibetArticle on Tibetean Shamanism of the Bon Tradition.
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St. Peters police and mayor want to restrict sales of herbSt. Peters is poised to limit the sale of an herb that has been reported by a Web site to have LSD-like effects, and in so doing could become the first city in the nation to restrict the substance.
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Saving the 'Vine of the Soul' The appropriation of yage by outsiders threatens to further undermine the fragile culture of the Putumayo region, already devastated by 37 years of civil war. Colombia's billion-dollar U.S.-backed campaign to rid the country of its coca fields and end narco-terrorism has already wreaked enormous havoc on the Indians' lives.
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The Taino WorldTaíno culture was the most highly developed in the Caribbean when Columbus reached Hispaniola in 1492. Islands throughout the Greater Antilles were dotted with Taíno communities nestled in valleys and along the rivers and coastlines, some of which were inhabited by thousands of people.
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Nature in the Rastafarian Consciousness Living in harmony with the environment and the laws of Nature is one of the central ideas of Rastafarianism. To live in accordance with the Earth is to live in accordance with Jah; it is incorporated into the morality that is Rastafarian consciousness.
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A New Opposition Front in the Drug WarCriminalizing peaceful people who use psychoactive drugs to deepen their spiritual life is criminal itself, some groups are arguing
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Spiritual Regression and Modern Day ShamansThe term “shaman” is used to describe individuals who are able to bridge the physical and spiritual realms through their ability to enter into, and induce, profound states of trance. Shamanism is less of a specific methodology than it is a cosmovision which holds as a central tenet that the spirit world is interacting with, and upon, the physical world all the time.
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The Pachamama AllianceThe mission of Pachamama that has grown out of that partnership is two-fold: to halt the destruction of the Earth's rainforests and the loss of its indigenous cultures and wisdom; and to discover workable ways in which the knowledge and wisdom inherent in both traditional cultures and the modern world can blend into a new global vision of sustainability for us all.
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Dream Change CoalitionDCC's mission is to inspire sustainability and earth-honoring changes in consciousness; to conserve rainforests and the world's natural places; to apply indigenous wisdom in ways that foster environmental, economic, and social balance; and to facilitate access to expanded levels of awareness.
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Who are the Tarahumara?Among the peoples of North America, the Tarahumara are considered to be the most primitive, the least touched by modern civilization. They are also the most unmixed of any of the Indian tribes of Mexico.
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Wealth of the Rainforest - Saving the AmazonIf land owners, governments and those living in the rainforest today were given a viable economic reason NOT to destroy the rainforest, it could and would be saved.
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Center for Shamanic StudiesThe mission of the Dance of the Deer Foundation Center for Shamanic Studies is to preserve the Huichol culture and its shamanic practices and traditions. The foundation was established in 1979 by Brant Secunda to carry on the vision of his grandfather and teacher, don José Matsuwa, the renowned Huichol shaman.
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Huichol Indians of MexicoThe Huichol Indians of Mexico call themselves "the healers." Isolated high in the Sierra Madre mountains of northwestern Mexico, these indigenous people have preserved the purest preColombian culture in our hemisphere.
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Earth Dream AllianceEDA is an organization dedicated to conserving forests, inspiring earth-honoring changes in consciousness and applying indigenous wisdom in ways that foster environmental and social balance.
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The Lifebridge FoundationWe support groups and individuals whose innovative projects reflect these concepts; whose work exemplifies a global vision, demonstrates a spirit of inclusiveness, and fosters transformative action in a changing world.
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Amazonian Conservation TeamThe Amazon Conservation Team works in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health and culture in tropical America.
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BarquinhaBarquinha, a split off the Santo Daime and the smallest of the three established Brazilian churches who use 'huasca', as its called in Brazil. As with the others, the religion incorporates beliefs from Spiritism, Christianity and the native jungle tribes.
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A Brief History of the Native American ChurchToday the Native American Church of North America has eighty chapters and members belonging to some seventy Native American Nations. In the continental United States, every state west of the Mississippi has at least one chapter.
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Maria Sabina - Curandera, Shaman - (1896-1985)Maria Sabina, Mazatec healer, curandera, and Shaman. A native of Huautla de Jimenez, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, passed away in 1985 at the age of 91.
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Gnostisismo Revolutionario de la Concienca de KrishnaLike the Santo Daime in Mapia, Brazil, Gnostisismo Revolutionario de la Concienca de Krishna is an example of a spiritual community based around the use of a psychoactive sacrament as an inspiration and teacher.
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Temple of the True Inner LightThe Temple of the True Inner Light was formed in 1980 by Alan Birnbaum as an offshoot of the New York City branch of the Native American Church. The Temple uses Di-Propyl Tryptamine (DPT) as its sacrament which Temple followers regard as the actual manifestation of God, rather than a means to access God.
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Database Has Deadly Facts About SmokingTobacco FactFile, a new Internet database unveiled by the British Medical Association (BMA), contains worldwide facts and figures about smoking, the Associated Press reported February 27, 2003.
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Father Fights for Drug Use in ReligionA member of an American Indian tribe wants to be able to give peyote to his 4-year-old son during spiritual ceremonies.
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Peyote on the BrainIs the Secret to Alcoholism and Other Addictions Locked Up in the Hallucinogenic Drugs?
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Use of Psychoactive Plants Among the Hupda-MakuThis paper is the fruit of a twenty day stay in four different villages of the Hupda population, known as the Maku, located in the region between the Japu and Uaupés rivers in the northwest Amazon.
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The Mazatec Indians - The Mushrooms SpeakThe Mazatec Indians, who have a long tradition of using the mushrooms, inhabit a range of mountains called the Sierra Mazateca in the northeastern corner of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Properly speaking they are Huautecans; but since the language they speak has been called Mazatec and they have been referred to in the previous anthropological literature as Mazatecs, I have retained that name.
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A Peyote CeremonyDescription of a Peyote ceremony as practiced by the Ute indians of Colorado.
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A New Entheogen Plant SourceRecent ethnobotanical investigations in Colombia have greatly added to our knowledge of the plants which are used in divination and medicine by the Indians of these areas. The discovery, in the high and geographically isolated Indian village of Sibundoy, of a tree, representing a new genus and belonging apparently to the Solanaceae, may have significant consequences in several different fields of study.
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Native Hallucinogen PiptadeniasFrom very remote times, the indigenous inabitants of various parts of South America have been aware of the hallucinogenic properties of diverse species of the genus Piptadenia. The purpose of the present study is to bring out the salient facts concerning this botanical genus.
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You Hip to the Entheogen (R)evolution?The last decade has been secretly psychedelic. And we have all been primed and ready for an explosion of consciousness. To get to that point, we must have an idea of where to direct our energies. The best way to do this is through a common goal of cognitive liberty.
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Hallucinogen Said to Cure Drug Addiction A powerful hallucinogenic drug that has been linked to dozens of deaths around the world is becoming increasingly popular among Britain's heroin and crack users, who believe it can offer an instant, painless cure for their addictions.
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Jesus Healed Using CannabisJesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month.
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Preserving Tribal CulturesMy wish is that these images will encourage the viewer to find out more about indigenous people and to support their struggle to survive in a world that they generally find incomprehensible and insane. Increasingly, the survival of these people and of their environment is tied to our own survival.
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Shamanism and Peyote Use Among the ApachesIn a volume devoted to the study of shamanism and hallucinogenic drugs it is important to include data concerning a group whose experiences with the hallucinogenic peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii) in shamanistic rituals resulted in serious conflict and, ultimately, proscription of the ceremonial use of the drug.
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City Tries to Prohibit SubstanceThough it's legal for anyone to buy and sell Salvia Divinorum - an organic substance St. Peters police are referring to as "chewable marijuana" - police, along with at least one store in the city, are trying to keep it out of the hands of minors.
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Ibogaine a One-Way Trip to SobrietyBesides running a seed-distribution business, the peace and pot activist Marc Emery has started a new project that he's especially passionate about, one he says can cure cocaine and heroin addiction at a low price.
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Site Offers Home Delivery of MarijuanaCanadian activists for the medicinal use of marijuana celebrated a court victory on Thursday by launching an Internet site offering home delivery of cannabis for seriously ill people.
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Richard Evans Schultes - The Father of EthnobotanyWidely hailed as the "Father of Ethnobotany," he carried out pioneering research on the relationship between people and plants in the Americas for many decades.
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The Ethnobotanist and the ShamanPlotkin has learned from shamanic teachings, has participated in indigenous ceremonies complete with their hallucinogenic brews, and has been a tireless master of diplomacy.
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Use of Psychoactive Snuff in Pre-Columbian ChileOne notable feature of the Pre-Columbian San Pedro culture is the high incidence of snuffing implements. The most common of the snuffing kits found in San Pedro de Atacama consists of a woolen bag containing a wooden rectangular snuff tray, a snuffing tube made usually of wood or bone...
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Modern Day Shamanism in HawaiiSerge is doing his part to save the shaman traditions of his culture when he formed Aloha International; a world-wide network of people studying and practicing the Hawaiian shamanic traditions.
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Piper methysticum - Kava KavaKava Kava is also known by the names Ava, Ava Pepper, Intoxicating Pepper, Kawa Awa, Kawa Kawa, Wati, Yogona, and Waka. This herb, a member of the pepper family, grows as a bush in the South Pacific.
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Studies of Salvia divinorum (Lamiaceae), Salvia divinorum Epling & Játiva-M. is one of the vision-inducing plants used by the Mazatec Indians of central Mexico. The present status of research is summarized.
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Mao Inhibitor Recipe SimplifiedThis is a powerful MAO inhibitor, and should be treated VERY carefully!
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The Bwiti Religion and Tabernanthe ibogaThe use of vegetable hallucinogens by humans for religious purposes is very ancient, probably even older than its use for healing, magic or teaching purposes. The profound alterations in one's state of consciousness brought about by the use of a hallucinogen has served as a founding axis for religious systems, and in the development of established religions throughout the history of humanity.
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To Save the Forest, the Trees Must GoIn the name of science, the United States Forest Service has proposed the experimental logging of half a million acres in two forests in the Sierra Nevada...
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How to Germinate SeedsGreat article from a great online seed vender; Alchemy Works.
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Vocanga - VocangaVoacanga africana is one of the well guarded secrets of the African Magic Healers. Little is know about the actual use of the seeds and the bark of several Voacanga species (including V.africana), other than that the plant is held in high esteem for ritual purposes.
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Virola theiodora - Cumala TreeMost, if not all, species of Virola have a copious red "resin" in the inner bark. The resin from a number of species is prepared as an hallucinogenic snuff or small pellets.
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Trichocereus pachanoi - San Pedro CactusThe San Pedro Cactus, or Trichocereus pachanoi, was in use at the very beginning of Andean civilization when it was highly prized as the “materia prima” (raw material) of the shamans of that era. In the central Andes district of Peru, as well as in the surrounding desert regions, the cactus has been an important ritual plant for thousands of years.
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Teltrapteris methystica - Caapi-pinimaANOTHER KIND OF CAAPI is prepared from Tetrapteris methistica, a forest vine also belonging to the family Malpighioceae.
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Tanaecium nocturnum - KoriboThis climbing vine grows natively in Central America, especially in southern Panama. It is also native to the Amazon, West Indies and the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Though this plant has not been extensively studied, there is ethnographic research detailing the aboriginal preparation and use of this plant to make a strong hallucinogenic snuff called Koribo by the natives.
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Tabernatnthe Iboga - IbogaIboga is basic to the Bwiti cult and other secret societies in Gabon and the Congo.
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Solandra grandiflora - Chalice VineMany aboriginal Indian tribes from central Mexico and northern Central America have long believed in the magical and mysterious powers of Solandra grandiflora, (Kieli/Kieri-Plant of the god’s), some of these tribes include the Huastec, Huichol, and Mixtec; there are even pre-Colombian, Aztec era artifacts clearly depicting Kieri that may actually predate their Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) cult rituals.
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Scirpus atrovirens - BakanaOne of the most powerful herbs of the Tarahumara of Mexico is apparently a
species of Scirpus.
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Sceletium tortuosum - KannaThe family Mesembryanthemaceae contains many pharmacologically active species. One of the most utilized by native peoples in South Africa was the genus Sceletium(Kanna), for which whole tribes would travel hundreds of miles to pick a years supply.
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Salvia divinorum - Diviner's SageSalvia divinorum is a perennial labiate used for curing and divination by the Mazatec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico. The psychotropic effects the plant produces are compared to those of the other hallucinogens employed by the Mazatecs, the morning glory, Rivea corymbosa L., Hallier F. and the psilocybin-containing mushrooms. A discussion of the role of ska María Pastora in the "native pharmacopoeia" is based on previous reports and fieldwork by the authors with a Mazatec shaman.
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Rynchosia phaseoloides - PiuleThe beautiful red and black beans of several species of Rhynchosia may have
been eployed in ancient Mexico as an hallucinogenic.
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Psychotria viridis - ChacrunaThe classical principle admixtures of Ayahuasca and Yagè commonly employed throughout Amazonian Peru, Ecuador and Brazil. Related to the coffee plant in a large genus of over 700 species, Psychotria viridis is a small glabrous tree or shrub reaching 14 foot.
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Psilocybe semilanceata - Liberty CapPsilocybe Semilanceata was first described in 1900, by Civil War veteran, Charles McIlvaine in his seminal mycological treatise “One Thousand American Fungi,” where he described the Liberty Cap and all of its “strange effects.” However, it wasn’t until 1963 when Albert Hofmann and Roger Heim extensively studied the mushroom and published a report detailing this mushroom’s psychoactive compounds. Shortly after their publication, Liberty Caps made their way into popular culture and inspired many people to seek out this naturally occurring hallucinogen.
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Psilocybe mexicana - TeonanacatlFew plants of the gods have ever been held in greater reverence than the sacred mushrooms of Mexico. So hallowed were these fungi that the Aztecs called them Teonancatl ("divine flesh") and used them only in the most holy of their ceremonies. Even though, as fungi, mushrooms do not blossom, the Aztecs referred to them as "flowers," and the Indians who still use them in religious rituals have endearing terms for them, such as "little flowers."
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Psilocybe cyanescens - Wavy CapPsilocybe cyanescens is a psilocybin/psilocin-containing mushroom most commonly found in the Pacific Northwest, but the most potent varieties grown in and are used by mushroom cults in central Europe.
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Psilocybe cubensis - San IsidroPsilocybe cubensis is distinguished by its slightly curved caps which can grow up to 8 cm in diameter, and feature a yellow or golden center. Like all mushrooms containing psilocybin, Psilocybe cubensis provides a potent visionary experience, often with shamanic qualities.
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Phragmites australis - Common ReedA perenniel grass with a long association with humans, the common reed is native to Eurasia and Africa but has spread all over the world with people, even though it has practically never been cultivated.
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Phalaris arundinacea - Red Canary GrassThe plant contains DMT, beta-carbolines, 5-MEO-demethyltryptamine, and trace amounts of bufotenine.
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Petunia violaceae - ShaninSHANIN (Petunia violacea) is one of the most recently reported hallucinogens. It is taken by the Indians in Ecuador to induce the sensation of flight.
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Pernettya furens - Hierba locaThe fruit of tagili, of Ecuador, is well recognized as poisonous, capable of inducing hallucinations and other psychic alterations as well as affecting the motor nerves.
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Pelecyphora aselliformis - PeyotilloP. aselliformis is a well known medicinal peyote sold in the markets of San Luís Potosí, Mexico, and is used as a remedy for fevers and rheumatic pains. Extracts have also been shown to have antibiotic activity.
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Peganum harmala - Syrian RueThe seeds, as well as the roots, of P. harmala contain a mixture of the harmala alkaloids, armine and harmaline. When admnstered to humans, the harmala alkaloids are serotonin antagonists, CNS stimulants, hallucinogens and extemely potent, short term MAO inhibitors.
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PandanusNatives of New Guinea employ the fruit of an unidentified species of Pandanus
for hallucinogenic purposes, unfortunately little is known of this use.
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Panaeolus subbalteatus - Dark-rimmed MottlegillPanaeolus subbalteatus is a psilocybin-containing mushroom that also has large amounts of serotonin and 5-hydroxytryptophan, which may account for its reportedly relatively mellow effects.
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Panaeolus spinctrinus - Hoop-PetticoatUnder construction.
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Macropiper Excelsum - Maori KavaThis subspecies from the New Zealand mainland is the variety used by the Maori in their medicines and rituals and belongs to the kava family.
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Oncidium ceboletta - Hikuri OrchidOncidium longifolium is known as a peyote replacement among the Tarahumara.
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Nymphaea caerulea - Blue Lily / Blue LotusCreating a feeling of well being, euphoria and ecstasy, Nymphaea caerulea (blue lotus) is a water plant growing on the shores of lakes and rivers.
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Mucuna pruriens - CowhageM. pruriens is a leguminous climbing plant, with long, slender branches, alternate, lanceolate leaves on hairy petioles, 6 to 12 inches long, with large, white flowers, growing in clusters of two or three, with a bluish-purple, butterfly-shaped corolla.
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Mitragyna speciosa - KratomKratom is traditionally only used in Thailand, although some use in Malaysia has been reported. Use dates far enough back that its beginning can't be determined. It is often used as a substitute for opium when opium is unavailable, or to moderate opium addiction.
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Mimosa hostilis - Jurema TreeThe preparation of the brew from fresh Jurema root bark for trance possession rituals, is, in itself, a complex ritual of the Atikum tribe.
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Maquira sclerophylia - Rapa dos IndiosIn the Pariana region of the central Amazon in Brazil, the indians formerly prepared a hallucinogenic snuff of the dried fruits. The snuff was taken in tribal ceremonials, but encroachment of civilization has obliterated it's use.
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Mandragora officinarum - MandrakeMandrake is unquestionably the most famous magical plant, and the most widely used psychoactive of ancient through medieval times. Mandrake use is much less common today, but certain parts of the world still value its medicinal and magical properties.
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Lycoperdon mixtecorum - BovistaPUFFBALLS (Lycoperdon mixtecorum and L. marginotum) are used by the Mixtec Indicins Of Oaxaca, Mexico as auditory hallucinogens.
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Botany of Peyote (Lophophora williamsii)The peyote cactus is a flowering plant of the family Cactaceae, which is a group of fleshy, spiny plants found primarily in the dry regions of the New World.
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Leonurus sibiricus - Siberian MotherwortLeaves from Siberian Motherwort (Marihuanilla) are collected while the plant is in bloom, dried, and then smoked in either a pipe or with rolling papers. No toxic dosage is known and typically 1 to 2 grams of the dried leaf is enough for one rolled cigarette. It is often mixed with other herbal smoking blends. As a topical medication, it can be prepared steeped in alcohol. The roots and leaves can also be taken as a tea.
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Leonotis leonurus - Lion's TailSmoked by the Hottentot tribes smoke the resinous flowering tops and leaves from this plant as a euphoriant.
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Kaempferia galanga - GalangaBeyond the high content of essential oil in the rhizome, little is known of the chemistry of the plant. Hallucinogenic activity might possibly be due to constituents of the essential oils.
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Ipomoea violacea - Morning GloryRegardless of what you’ve read anywhere else; Morning Glory has a rich place in the history of psychedelic and visionary use in historical traditions across multiple cultures, including the Chontal Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico, and the highly evolved Aztec Culture. These seeds, without question, have been utilized throughout history as a means of communicating with the gods of each culture.
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Hyoscyamus niger - Black HenbaneBlack Henbane was used as a ritual plant by the pre-Indo-European peoples of central Europe. In Australia, handfuls of henbane seeds were discovered in a ceremonial urn along with bones and snail shells, dating back to the early Bronze Age. During the Paleolithic period, it has been speculated that henbane was used for ritual and shamanic purposes throughout Eurasia.
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Hyoscyamus albus - Yellow HenbaneHyoscyamus albus, or yellow henbane, was the most important tool in ancient times of inducing trances and providing visions to oracles and soothsayers. Today, the plant is still treasured in many parts of the world for its medicinal and psychoactive properties.
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Heimia salicifolia - Sinicuichi (Sinicuiche)The natives believe that sinicuichi (sinicuiche) has sacred or supernatural qualities, since they hold that it helps them recall events which took place many years earlier as if they had happened yesterday; others assert that they are able, with sinicuichi, to remember pre-natal events.
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Galbulimima belgreveana - AgaraThe use of Galbulimima belgraveana in Papua New Guinea has been reported in several popular books on psychoactive plants. The chewing of Galbulimima belgraveana bark and Homalomena sp. leaves (ereriba) has been reported to induce visions and a dream-like state.
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Epithelantha micromeris - Hikuli MulatoConsidered a "false peyote" which is often called "hikuli mulato," the "dark skinned peyote".
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Duboisia hopwoodii - Pituri BushThe pituri plant had enormous economic value to the Aborigines. Pituri roads existed with extensive trade networks that extended from northern to southern desert areas, which permitted Aborigines to trade the plant.
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Desfontainia spinosa - TaiqueDesfontainia spinosa, a beautiful shrub 1-6 feet in height, has glossy dark green leaves, resembling those of Christmas holly, and tubular red flowers with a yellow tip.
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Nicotiana Rustica - MapuchoMapacho is considered very sacred by Amazonian shamans and is employed alone (by tabaqueros) or in combination with other plants in shamanic practices.
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Datura metel - DaturaThe Indian Thorn Apple - Datura metel - was first documented in Sanskrit literature. The Arabic physician Avicenna touted the importance of its medicinal applications as well as prescribed the exact amount of dosage to the Arabs, who categorized the plant as “mokederrat narcotica.” Ingesting too much Datura metel can be dangerous.
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Damiana Leaf - Turnera diffusaDamiana is a small shrub with aromatic leaves found throughout Mexico, Central and South America and the West Indies. The botanical name of the plant describes its use as an aphrodisiac.
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Cystisus canariensis - GenistaGENISTA (Cytisus canariensis) is employed as an hallucinogen in the magic practices of Yaqui medicine men in northern Mexico.
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Cymbopogon densiflorus - LemongrassIn Tanganyika the native medicine men smoke the flowers of Cymbopogon densiflorus alone or with tobacco to cause dreams which they believe foretell the future.
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Coryphantha compacta - Pincushion CactusC. compacta is believed to be the Tarahumara híkuri known as "bakánawa." Bakánawa, like most híkuri, is both respected and feared as a god, and considered to have a soul and human emotions.
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Coleus blumei - Painted NettleCOLEUS (Coleus pumas and C. blumei) is cultivated by the Mazatecs of Oaxaca, Mexico, who reputedly employ the leaves in the some way as they use the leaves of Salvia divinorum
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Conocybe siligineoides - ConocybeConocybe Siligineoides is a sacred fungus endemic only to Mexico.
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Claviceps purpurea - Ergot AlkaloidErgot: A Fungus Disease Of Rye That Contains LSD
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Areca catechu - Betel NutBetel nuts have been used as a drug for thousands of years. The practiced is thought to have started in south-east Asia and there is archaeological evidence to support this view.
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Cannabis sativa - MarijuanaThe original home of Cannabis is thought to be central Asia, but it has spread around the globe with the exception of Arctic regions and areas of wet tropical forests.
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Calea zacatechichi - Dream HerbCalea zacatechichi is a plant used by the Chontal Indians of Mexico to obtain divinatory messages during dreaming.
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Caesalpinia sepiaria - Yun ShihThis plant was reputedly used in China as hallucinogen, this is nearly all we know about this plant.
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Brunfelsia grandiflora - BrunfelsiaBrunfelsia Grandiflora is a tree-like shrub indigenous to the tropical regions of South America, ranging from Venezuela to Bolivia and it is especially abundant in Brazil and on the Caribbean Islands.The plant’s psychoactive compounds are found in the leaves, stems and in the roots and root bark. The roots are especially abundant in active alkaloids like Aesculetine, Cuscohygrine, Manaceine, Manacine, Scopoletin.
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Brugmansia sanguinea - Blood-Red Angel's TrumpetBloodred Angel’s Trumpet is native to the midland and lowland areas around the Andes mountain range in South America. It grows wildly throughout Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. It has also been found growing at sea level in Chile. The plant’s stems, flowers, leaves and seed are known to contain large quantities of tropane alkaloids.
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Brugmansia aurea - Golden Angel's TrumpetGolden Angel’s Trumpet is native to the highland areas around the Andes mountain range in South America. It is very well known throughout southern Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. It has also been transplanted throughout Mexico and Central America, and it is frequently confused with Datura.
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Banisteriopsis caapi - AyahuascaUsed in the western half of the Amazon Valley and by isolated tribes on the Pacific slopes of the Columbian and Ecuadorian Andes.
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Argyreia nervosa - Hawaiian Baby WoodroseHawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds are perhaps one of the least understood of modern-day entheogens and exotic botanicals. There is much controversy in regards to its true place in Shamanic and traditional history outside of its native culture and home; India.
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Anadenanthera - Yopo, Cebil, VillcaYOPO or PARICA (Anadenanthera peregrina or Piptadenia peregrina) is a South American tree of the bean family, Leguminosae. A potent hallucinogenic snuff is prepared from the seeds of this tree.
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Amanita MuscariaThis mushroom could very well be human's oldest hallucinogen, as it has been identified as Soma of ancient India.
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Solubility of Active Components - Quick GuideBrief discussion on active components of plants and whether they were traditionally extracted into alcohol, water, or other solvents.
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Canada to Decriminalize Cannabis The Liberal government is preparing to move ahead in the new year with legislation to decriminalize marijuana, Justice Minister Martin Cauchon said yesterday.
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Shapeshifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal TransformationJohn has done a lot to honor and preserve the indigenous teachings and the ethnobotanical environment.
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The World As You Dream It: Shamanic Teachings from the Amazon and AndesJohn has done a lot to honor and preserve the indigenous teachings and the ethnobotanical environment.
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DMT: The Spirit MoeculeCovering a groundbreaking psychedelic substance that is actually found in human cerebrospinal fluid, Rick Strassman tells a first-person story of his research on the profoundly mysterious substance dimethltryptamine (DMT).
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Ayahuasca: Human Consciousness and the Spirits of NatureAnything with the name Ralph Metzner even remotely attached to it is a safe buy. An elder statesman responsible for dramatic shifts in consciousness within this nation and throughout the world...
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Santo Daime Church Wins Court CaseFreedom of Religion versus the Psychotropic Substance Treaty - The Verdict
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The Santo Daime ReligionIn this paper, the reader will be introduced to the sect of Santo Daime, a Brazilian religion which combines Christianity with the indigenous practice of using ayahuasca, a native entheogenic plant.
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Ayahuasca, shamanism, and curanderismo in the AndesThe term ayahuasca comes from the Quechua, meaning literally "the vine of souls," although it is also called "the visionary vine" or the "vine of death." The folk term refers to the botanical species of liana known as Banisteriopsis Caapi , which is also known as Yage among the Indians of Brazil.
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TukanoansThe Tukanoans are one of the most known cultures that utilize ayahuasca as their sacrament. They are one of about 70 tribes who share this practice.
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Entheogens and the Future of ReligionThe book should prove to be a welcome complement to other serious studies in mysticism (including those that take a fundamentally different tack).
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The Science of EthnobotanyEthnobotanists share two decades of experience living with the indigenous peoples of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.
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In Depth Report Regarding DMTIn this article I wish to draw attention to a strange property of DMT which sets it apart from other psychedelics, namely, it's ability to place users in touch with a realm that is apparently inhabited by discarnate entities of an intelligent nature.
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Study on Calea Zacatechichi (Dream Herb)Calea zacatechichi is a plant of extensive popular medicinal use in Mexico. An infusion of the plant is has been reported to have psychotropic properties that have been clinically-proven to induce dreaming, and increase the frequency of dreams as well.
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Pharmacology of BufotenineExhaustive case study regarding Bufotenine, 5-MEO-DMT, and related substances.
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Traditional Quid PreparationInformation regarding the traditional praparation of Salvia divinorum for divination by the Mazatecs.
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Monoamine Oxidase InhibitorsExtremely important information regarding MAOI's, complete with Diet Card.
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Extracting Salvinorin from Salvia DivinorumThis is a concise extraction method for educational purposes only.
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Annual Causes of Death in AmericaThe REAL truth is the most sobering statistic.
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Plants of the GodsAbsolute essential read for anyone interested in sacred entheogens. Includes detailed history and preparation of 97 psychoactive and/or sacred plants.
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