Happy Bicycle Day!
It's been 80 years since Albert Hofmann first intentionally ingested LSD (April 19, 1943) then famously rode a bicycle home from his lab at Sandoz, while tripping.
#bicycleday
#LSD
#alberthoffman
Ann Shulgin, psychedelic author, lay-therapist, lecturer, and friend, died this morning (July 9th, 2022) at age 91. We were incredibly fortunate to have known her for 25 years. She was kind, sharp witted, gracious, and insightful.
Gate gate paragate
parasamgate
bodhi svaha
Happy Bicycle Day!
It's been 81 years since Albert Hofmann first intentionally ingested LSD (April 19, 1943) then famously rode a bicycle home from his lab at Sandoz, while tripping. Have a beautiful day.
#bicycleday
#LSD
#alberthoffman
Oakland city council just decriminalized entheogenic plants - it passed unanimously!!!
Psilocybin-containing mushrooms, iboga, DMT-containing plants, and mescaline-containing plants will be decriminalized in Oakland. Whooo! Congrats!
This is weird! Cicadas that are infected with mushroom mycelium & spores during their dormant period, but aren't killed. Now live cicadas have been found to contain
#psilocybin
(&
#cathinone
!) Media— Orig Paper—
Jun 12, 1943 — 76 years ago today Susi Ramstein became the first woman in the world to take
#LSD
. She was lab assistant to Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. She tried it a little less than two months after Hofmann first did.
Woman accidentally snorted 55 mg of LSD (550 times a normal dose), thinking it was cocaine. Tough 24 hr trip w/ vomiting & blackouts, but no lasting health problems…in fact, reduction in pre-existing pain.
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#Erowid
#media
#LSD
#overdose
#Health
Ram Dass, psychedelic counter-culture icon & spiritual teacher, died today (Dec 22nd, 2019) at age 88. We were honored to have met him & will miss him in the world. Gate gate paragate, parasamgate, bodhi svaha. Hail the goer!
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#Erowid
#culture
#RamDass
New paper: A 1,000 year old ritual bundle found in SW Bolivia held remains of Cocaine, DMT, Harmine, Bufotenine, & possibly Psilocin. May be the most psychoactive chemicals in a single archaeological find. Also two snuff trays, a snuff pipe & scrapers.
Big news! The DEA & Department of Justice are planning to reclassify cannabis, moving it from Schedule I (most restrictive) to Schedule III, which is prescribable.
To the best of our knowledge this will be the first drug ever moved out of Schedule I.
RIP Ralph Metzner, pioneer of psychedelics and friend of Erowid, who died Thursday (Mar 14th, 2019). We'll miss his expertise and his presence at events. All hail the goer!
s-ketamine (esketamine) nasal spray has been "licensed" in the UK as a rapid action treatment for severe depression. Still requires some additional approvals over the next few months before being prescribed by the NHS.
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#Erowid
#health
#depression
#ketamine
#esketamine
New phase 1 research just published in Psychopharmacology (Family, et al) finds LSD microdosing (5, 10, and 20 ug) for potential treatment of Alzheimer’s safe enough to continue with research. Surprise!
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#Erowid
#health
#research
#microdosing
#LSD
#acid
"When A Maryland Man Posted Pictures Of Morel Mushroom On Facebook, The Cops Showed Up" — A good example of why natural mushrooms shouldn't be illegal to possess, and why cops with no knowledge shouldn't have anything to do with policing facebook photos.
#Ketamine
patent ended long ago, so it's cheap, but not approved in US for depression, cause profits too low to warrant research. Esketamine (an enantiomer) is patented & approved for depression, but expensive. Stupid system.
#Erowid
#Media
#Health
The city of Oakland CA just decriminalized entheogenic plants! The city council passed the resolution unanimously at about 11:12 pm, after many spoke in favor of the resolution. Congrats to Oakland & those who worked in favor of this reasonable & progressive legal change. Woo!
Did you know that Michael Pollan's book about
#psychedelics
, "How to Change Your Mind", has been on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list for the last 3 weeks? Last week it hit
#1
! It's a good read and will hopefully reach a wide audience.
The Michigan police crime lab has learned they can't differentiate between THC and CBD in blood tests. CBD shows up as THC. 3,250 cases over the past 3.5 years may have relied on faulty results. Wonder what other states or cities have the same problem?
Since Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, there have been dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection, & drug-related crime. Why hasn’t the world copied them?
New Shulgin book out tomorrow! "The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact", based on Sasha Shulgin’s popular San Francisco State course on what drugs are, how they work, how they're processed in the body, & how they affect society.
The FDA has just approved Naloxone nasal spray (Narcan) for over-the-counter sales. Naloxone can reverse opioid overdoses, as a nasal spray or IM injection form. Will be sold in 2-packs, because in some cases it takes 2 doses. This is a good thing!
#Cannabis
just became legal to possess across Canada 20 minutes ago. The regulations are better than some. Unlimited possession in one's home. 30 g in public. Can grow 4 plants. We'll be watching to see how it goes!
Ann Shulgin's memorial service is this Sunday (July 9th) 11am–3pm. Location and details at URL below.
Doors open 11am and close at noon. Join us to share memories of an inspiring psychedelic elder. It's a potluck. Bring finger food to share!
RSVP:
The city council of Oakland, California is considering decriminalizing psilocybin-containing
#mushrooms
, along with other entheogenic plants like
#iboga
and mescaline-containing
#cacti
. It's already passed one vote. Full vote expected June 4th.
Have you used psychedelics/MDMA to help anxiety, depression, trauma, or PTSD? Johns Hopkins researchers, in collaboration w/ Erowid, seek responses to an anonymous
#research
survey. Must be 18+.
Please repost and help spread the word!
Erowid posts are regularly (but inconsistently) deleted from Instagram & Facebook for "going against community standards", marked as "sales of illegal drugs".
We're not sure what to do about it. There's nobody to complain to. Needless to say, there are no sales going on.
New bill in Italy would make medical
#cannabis
free for all patients, with the cost covered by the government. And it's all grown by the army. Interesting story.
Documents in the Shulgin Archives are nearly done being scanned & Erowid has begun work on identifying what each document is, adding keywords, titles, etc. This step will be a lot of work, but we're excited it's underway!
#Erowid
#psychedelics
#media
#shulgin
#archiving
#history
1 hr ago—Canada just passed the final vote needed to legalize the recreational use of
#cannabis
nationwide. The bill still needs the formality of "royal assent", which is expected in days or possibly weeks. Stores ready to open in July or August!
Wednesday, New York legalized recreational
#cannabis
. Allows possession of 3 oz cannabis, 24 g concentrate, smoking in public where tobacco is allowed (except cars). Expunges criminal records of those convicted of offenses that are now legal. It's a start!
#erowid
#law
#cannabis
Nature is wild! California company announces a
#CBD
product derived from a strain of
#hops
rather than from
#cannabis
. The strain is thought to have cross pollinated w/ wild cannabis in India, and produces CBD but not
#THC
.
Pretty fun. This new graphic novel walks through Albert Hofmann's discovery, then ingestion of LSD. Includes Susie Ramstein and others. Very silly. Intro by Dennis McKenna. More pics at URL (in bio).
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#Erowid
#LSD
#AlbertHofmann
#DennisMcKenna
#Book
Just came across this photo of Sasha & Ann
#Shulgin
, w/ Fire (me) & Earth
#Erowid
from July 4th, 2008. Don't remember what was being said, but I love the look on Ann's face. We continue to make progress on the Shulgin Archiving project!
#ShulginArchive
#Psychedelics
#Empathogens
Susi
#Ramstein
was the first woman to take
#LSD
. The 22-year-old assistant to Albert
#Hofmann
biked home w/ him on his famous bicycle ride. Less than 2 months later (June 12, 1943) she became the first woman to ever take LSD (100 ug).
#Erowid
#history
Canadian Ministry of Health just issued landmark ruling allowing 4 terminally ill patients the right to use psilocybin to treat end-of-life distress/"existential dread". Our best wishes to all four.
#Erowid
#Media
#Health
#Psilocybin
#MagicMushrooms
Long week! Great US election:
*OR decrimin'd possession of sm amts of Scheduled subs & ok'd licensed admin of psilocybin (& shrooms) to 21+
*DC de-prioritized laws on entheogenic plants & fungi
*AZ, MT, NJ, & SD legalized possession & use of cannabis
*MS & SD allowed med cannabis
Scientific American article on increased use of LSD in the US in past few years…based on an analysis article in Drug & Alcohol Dependence.
Telling that they use the word "blame" in the title rather than something like "responsible"
#Erowid
#Media
#LSD
Major League Baseball just announced they're removing cannabis from list of banned & tested-for drugs. Finally. They also will *start* testing for opioids & "synthetic THC". We assume they mean synthetic cannabinoids, but aren't sure.
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#Erowid
#Cannabis
#THC
#Opioids
#Baseball
"Octopuses want more hugs when high on ecstasy". Octopuses are usually antisocial but while under the influence of
#MDMA
, they spent longer w/ other octopuses & did more touching.
Clinical trials have begun for
#LSD
to treat anxiety. Great. As usual, ick on the "proprietary pharmaceutically optimized form" bullshit (named MM-120). If LSD is useful, it's useful, not only in proprietary form owned by biotech.
Chicago City Council just passed resolution supporting reducing enforcement priority to the lowest for those "involved with the adult use of
#entheogenic
plants on the Federal Schedule I list". Passed 50-0. Not much media yet.
#Erowid
#Psychedelics
#Law
Ambien is one of the easiest substances to identify by people's typing. They seem to not have complete control of their fingers in a predictable way...as well as not being able to see and edit the errors they're making. This is a great example.
"Thimgd kaap changing and monig, Anbieb is q sweetneqqr,,, i keep hearib cakcho nusixm ,plus earklier 'i was suposed t o be a warlord for the dark anues if satan, thrb 'i was otummels diggigng htind. trippired otu likt shit."
#Ambien
#zolpidem
#55689
Article: "Jaguar (5-MeO-DMT) Vape Pens: How They Are Made", by Grace Within. A description of the process used and equipment needed to make titrated (different potency) vape pens. Used in underground psychedelic psychotherapy.
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#Erowid
#5MeODMT
#Psychedelic
#VapePen
#Equipment
We're thrilled to announce good news to kick off the new year. The Pineapple Fund has just donated $250,000 in Bitcoin to Erowid Center. Hooray! Thanks Pine.
"How
#LSD
Makes Music Profoundly Awesome"—Researchers are learning more about how the powerful psychedelic affects the brain [and our changed perception of music].
"The first placebo-controlled study of
#ketamine
’s effect on social anxiety disorder has provided more evidence that the anesthetic could be helpful in severe cases."
Erowid has been declared a 2020 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonProfits for the 9th year in a row. Thanks to those who wrote a short review in 2020.
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We need 10 good reviews to qualify in 2021. You can submit yours w/ the 'Share Your Story' link at:
"Might
#LSD
be good for you?: Many psychedelic drugs are non-addictive, and can be helpful in treating all sorts of psychological conditions, argues Michael Pollan" in his new book.
Illinois just legalized possession & sales of
#cannabis
to those over 21. The bill was signed by the governor today and takes effect Jan 1, 2020. It will also expunge records of those arrested in the past for (nonviolent) possession of 30 g or less.
#law
We could use all the help we can get advertising the last day of Erowid's support-a-thon. It's looking like it will be tough for us to reach our goal. We're just looking for $5 donations!
2 days left in Erowid's support drive. Need 424 more donations ($5+) to meet our goal. Up to $50 of any donation will be MATCHED. Support balanced, reliable, unbiased info abt the benefits & harms of psychoactive drugs by contributing $5!
Erowid needs 644 donations ($5 or more) to meet the goal of our support-a-thon. We've got 10 days! Donations of $10-$500 are MATCHED.
Please donate, retweet, & spread the word. Support unbiased info about
#psychedelics
and psychoactive plants & drugs.
Power is out (again/still) here at Erowid HQ in N. California. No immediate fire danger for us but running on generator power while propane lasts. Sorry for missed/slow communications! The physical library is safe & the site is up (w/ no interruption expected). Hunkering down!
It's Intro-to-MDMA/MDA-Analysis week! These four samples (crystal, powder, & tablets) were all sold as "MDMA" (no slang name used) & all were expected to be MDMA. All contained MDMA as the only active chemical.
#Erowid
#DrugsData
#DrugChecking
#HarmReduction
#MDMA
#MDA
Nevada has passed a law that will (starting January) disallow employers from refusing to hire just because a person tests positive for cannabis. There's exceptions (jobs w/ safety issues, truck drivers, union workers), and it doesn't affect drug testing after being hired. Weird.
"New
#Psilocybin
Research Suggests 'Set and Setting' Are Crucial to Helping Patients Get Better." I love it when "research" validates what the informed public has known for decades.