Oh, and the health effects? More and more, science shows us that what has ailed human for decades or centuries can be in some ways alleviated by using these currently "controlled substances." Come on. Let's get into the modern age and make it legal!
Wait, did you think I meant weed? Oh, no, no no. Not marijuana.
Mushrooms!
Oh, yes. According to the Psilocybin Service Initiative of Oregon and their PSI 2020 campaign,
PSI 2020 is a "ballot initiative campaign aiming to legalize access to psilocybin assisted therapy, is now gathering petition signatures for the 2020 ballot."
According to PSI Chief Petitioners Tomand Sheri Eckert:
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that psilocybin assisted therapy is safe and uniquely effective. We think that this novel approach could help alleviate the mental health crisis here in Oregon by addressing costly epidemics like suicide, treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, PTSD, and addiction to drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. Additionally, the measure would open doors for new research, create access to services for those interested in personal development, and reduce penalties for common possession of psilocybin.I know what caught your eye -- doing mushrooms can help with your addiction to drugs! The anti-gateway drug!
As someone who witnessed something called SpringFest in 1992, I can tell you that the effect definitely helped some people relax on an otherwise stressful spring day in Williamsburg, VA. Right up until some maniac tried to "smash himself" in the moving bookshelves in the library.
And as someone who knows someone who knew someone who's asking for a friend and once met someone who was related to a guy and you cannot pin this back on me/them but he read on the internet about a guy who once knew a guy and they created mushrooms out of perlite, vermiculite, rice, bell jars, terraria, and oh yeah syringes full of spores from Ecuador and Cambodia... let's not forget, Dude, that keeping wildlife, um... fungal spores, for... um, ya know domestic... within the city... that ain't legal, either. YET.
This is all vastly intriguing to me. And the way I came upon it is that a girl I knew from high school was touting this measure in earnest on Facebook this week. She's an awesome person and, when she references the highlighted quote above's laundry list of afflictions the psilocybin help, she says "every one of which I suffer or have suffered." She's collecting signatures. Just trying to make her world and others' better.
And trippier. Like way weirder. I love it.
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The mid 1990’s saw an abundance of those on the W&M campus, from what I heard.
I last partied with fun guy in 2014. A friend told me “you don’t have to gobble your whole pile at once. Just nibble and enjoy.” I showed restraint (for most of the night, anyway) and had an amazing time.
That said, I don’t trust the public to enjoy them recreationally. I’ve seen enough in Denver w/ legal weed. There needs to be some societal guard rails.
Apparently this would be administered in some safe space...
"This initiative creates safe environments, outside the public eye, where voyagers can comfortably explore the psychedelic experience using psilocybin – a natural, nontoxic, nonaddictive compound. The modality makes sure that clients are both physically and psychologically safe, with trained facilitators gently holding space and handling anything that may come up. And while a psilocybin journey can be intense, it is not dangerous when supervised properly."
Hmmmm... this might be interesting to try, IF they were legal.
Anytime hallucinogens come up, I think of Dewey Cox in 'Walk Hard', about to drop acid with The Beatles,assuring his beloved "I ain't got no demons gonna get woke".
The substance progression in that movie is hilarious.
i heard the "trained facilitators" did a really nice job supervising Springfest 1992.
Was Springfest anything like Gutfest?
Springfest took place on a glorious Wednesday afternoon. The participants had acquired some party favors for the upcoming Saturday night party... but couldn't wait until Saturday to embark upon their inaugural fungal endeavor. So they set about eating half of the allotment and saving the other half for the party. Needless to say, they ate it all up. And that was that.
Gase to the Jets. Meh.
How would Marls know that I just gave $ to W&M for the first time since graduation? I'm shook.
As some here may know, I had partial season tix to the Knicks in ‘06. Their ticket sales folks cold-called me today to gauge my interest in re-upping. I don’t think the poor kid was ready for my response. It was an avalanche of criticism that felt cathartic. My diatribe ended with “...that’s why I’m emotionally divorced from the Knicks. Call back when Dolan is dead. Thanks.”
It was pretty fun.
And people say I'm bitter. Jeez.
Little bit of a time waster: https://web-a-skeb.firebaseapp.com/
Rob and I used to share season tickets with a few guys to the Bullets in the mid-90’s. Low cost, low return. Except for seeing Gheorghe: The Man, of course. Then they moved to the new arena downtown and we wanted to be a mite bit closer. Major price jump. And heightened expectations with it. Alas, after one season of fun — including going to 70’s Night, thanks to Shlara, we gave them up.
Hard to believe that was 20 years ago.
Hey, Z, nice use of HTML bold/italics.
Our favorite sports journalist TJ Quinn has a fantastic theory about the Sopranos finale on his Twitter feed. I highly urge you all to find it.
never made it to the finale of the sopranos. quit during the last season. got too dreamy for me.
Who did, Dave, James Gandolfini? I guess we all have our type.
can’t read it, tr. i’m dead.
Dave has no credibility with me now. I wish I never read his sentences.
There are Jeff Bezos dick pics out there. Sweet.
tribe gonna fall to hofstra in triple overtime. still no idea what to make of them.
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