Book Review: How To Play a Necromancer’s Theremin
The drug of choice in How To Play a Necromancer’s Theremin is bookpowder: “ground-up pages of a reality-disrupting book called The Unfashionable Western Spiral.” The effects are similar to DMT, and the powder can be sucked up like an anteater, made into tea, or sprinkled into a blunt. Several of the characters in the novel—a…
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Kate Nicklin and Graham Mateer, the directors of Commonbond Architects, an architectural firm in London, work in a self-built studio located in the garden behind their bungalow. Nicklin and Mateer had an additional motivation for the studio. As the website AJ Building Library explains, the couple wanted “to explore the potential of using hempcrete as…
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U.S. Drug Policy Director Discusses Impact of Cannabis Rescheduling
The Office of National Drug Policy (ONDCP) director Dr. Rahul Gupta, often referred to as President Joe Biden’s appointed “drug czar,” spoke about the ongoing discussion of rescheduling cannabis. In a recent interview with Star Tribune on May 24, which was originally featured in the news outlet’s free email newsletter, the first question inquired about…
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Gratitude Increases After Ayahuasca Experience, Study Shows
Individuals in a survey reported greater gratitude, nature relatedness, and nature appreciation after embarking on an ayahuasca retreat experience. The active chemical in ayahuasca is DMT (dimethyltryptamine) and it also contains monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) that play a role. The survey respondents rated effects on several scales to determine which effects were most prominent. PsyPost…
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California Psychedelics Legalization Advocates Push for 2026 Ballot Initiative
Psychedelics policy reform advocates in California are calling for a ballot initiative to legalize certain drugs including psilocybin and MDMA after legislative attempts at change failed to cross the finish line two years in a row. Last year, California lawmakers approved a bill from Democratic state Senator Scott Wiener that would have allowed regulated access…
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Motitaman, el Superhéroe 420 que Lucha por la Legalización del Cannabis
Nota por Hernán Panessi publicada originalmente en El Planteo. Más artículos por El Planteo en High Times en Español. Síguenos en Instagram (@El_Planteo) y Twitter (@ElPlanteo). Los ojos de Motitaman están cabizbajos, colorados: el trajín ya viene de antes. Es verde boscoso, peludo como Chewbacca y siempre –o casi siempre- tiene un enorme churro humeante entre sus dedos. “Hola,…
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Atlanta Lawmaker Pushes City To Study Psilocybin, Ketamine Treatments
A city councilmember in Atlanta has proposed a measure that could open the door for both psilocybin and ketamine treatments. The councilmember, Liliana Bakhtiari, believes that health plans for city workers should include the treatments, which research has shown to be effective in combating mental health disorders such as PTSD. “We should be offering our…
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2024 Farm Bill Amendment Would Ban Hemp-Derived THC Products
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently released a 942-page draft of the 2024 Farm Bill, also called the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, on May 17. Currently the bill is projected to cost $1.5 trillion over a 10-year period. During a Farm Bill hearing on May 23, the committee passed an…
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Eaze Faces Foreclosure Amid Legal Challenges
Eaze—California’s largest cannabis delivery service, once valued at $700 million and backed by Snoop Dogg—now faces foreclosure. SFGate reports that it follows an ownership battle in court for the once-mighty delivery service that’s dragged on for over a year. WeedWeek reports that the company defaulted on a loan issued by tech investor Jim Clark. Clark,…
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Majority of Texans Now Support Legalizing Pot for Adult Use
A statewide poll in Texas revealed that six out of 10 adults support legalizing cannabis in the state—the first time the poll has shown a solid majority. The issue of cannabis is gaining increasing bipartisan support, gaining support from states that typically vote blue or red. According to results from the 18th annual Texas Lyceum…
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