The measure would decriminalize mushrooms containing psilocybin, as well as the psychedelic plants ayahuasca, cacti and iboga. The measure does …
How to Tell Your Doctor You're Using Drugs
The decision to take iboga, a psychedelic that comes from the roots of the African Tabernanthe iboga plant, was not one I took lightly. A friend first …
Decriminalizing psychedelic drugs? It could happen in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — An initiative to decriminalize psychedelic drugs in Oakland is moving closer to becoming a reality. If passed, it would become the first of its kind in the country.
Continue Reading → Next week, Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee will host a hearing to discuss the resolution to Decriminalize Entheogenic Plants. At this hearing, the committee will decided whether or not to advance this item to the council for a final vote.
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Denver Voters Approve Measure To Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms
decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms by approving a ballot measure on the issue on Tuesday.
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New avenues for developing medications to treat addiction — ScienceDaily
Scientists used a compound found in a shrub native to Africa to reveal the three major shapes of the serotonin transporter, a protein in the brain linked to anxiety and depression.
Using cryo-electron microscopy, the scientists examined the protein binding to ibogaine, an alkaloid that alters brain function and occurs naturally in the shrub iboga. Using ibogaine, researchers reveal the structure of the serotonin transporter in its outward-open, closed and inward-open shapes.
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