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This article by Jennifer Walker-Journey was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission.
The state of Massachusetts is inching its way toward decriminalizing psychedelics with a third city now making possession the lowest priority for law enforcement.
Thursday night, Northampton became the third city in the state to relax enforcement of laws against the possession, use and distribution of natural psychedelic plants, following a unanimous 8-0 vote by the City Council. Northampton follows Sommerville and Cambridge in decriminalizing the hallucinogens such as psilocybin, ayahuasca, ibogaine, and peyote.
“Psychedelic plants save lives,” advocacy group Baystaters said in an Instagram post praising the City Council’s vote, “in the name of public health and criminal justice, creating momentum for state reform.
This article by Jennifer Walker-Journey was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission
You are adrift in a kaleidoscopic swirl of brilliant colors and patterns. Then, you lose touch with where your body ends, and the world begins. You can no longer form coherent thoughts. Then, suddenly, you give up the struggle. A moment later, you’re gone. All that remains is everything. Reality doesn’t stop. The sensations, colors, and patterns continue to unfold, illuminated by the light of consciousness. You disappeared, and existence remained. However, there is no trace of division or suffering. Just a perfect, blissful wholeness. This experience is precisely the reason the psychedelic industry is studying how ego death is therapeutic.
This article by Jennifer Walker-Journey was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission.
United Kingdom-based startup Beckley Psytech is gearing up for a Phase 1 clinical trial investigating a synthetic version of 5-MeO-DMT. The trial is looking at the benefits of this unique psychedelic as a treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases.
5-MeO-DMT is an unlikely psychedelic compound. It’s not a plant or fungus it’s excreted through the skin of the Sonoran Desert toad. Chemically similar to DMT, 5-MeO-DMT is fast-acting with a short duration. Researchers believe its mind-altering effects could offer benefits similar to other psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, especially when combined with psychotherapy.
This article by Jennifer Walker-Journey was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission.
A Canadian company specializing in psilocybin truffles is launching into the global market. Red Light Holland Corp. (CSE:TRIP) (OTC: TRUFF) has its sights set on expanding the use of psychedelic products for both recreational and therapeutic uses.
In December, the Ontario-based company announced the acquisition of Mera Life Sciences. Mera Life holds several psychedelic licenses in the Caribbean. The company plans to utilize Mera’s St. Vincent and the Grenadines lab to create a scientific research and development division. That entity will explore novel clinical applications for a variety of plant-based psychedelics.