Corporate attorney. West Point graduate. Pharmaceutical company representative. Helicopter pilot for the American drug war in Panama. These are not the usual bylines one expects to find in the biography of a man who fights for cannabis legalization and champions the healing power of psychedelic plant medicines, but for Ian Benouis it’s all part of […]
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As clinical trials for MDMA move forward in the hopes of making it an FDA-approved medication for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by 2021, some veterans are taking off to the Amazon to treat their condition with the jungle brew ayahuasca. While the empathogenic MDMA is better known, more common, and less intimidating of an […]
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The lush Pacific Northwest state of Oregon was in the news earlier this month for passing a radical new bill that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. House Bill 2355 will take steps to “decriminalize” hard drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin by reducing sentencing for first-time offenders and expanding access […]
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The world’s first scientific study into the efficacy of treating alcoholism with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is set to begin later this year at Imperial College London. Once known mostly as a party drug, MDMA’s therapeutic benefits are now taking center stage as multiple studies are showing that it is incredibly potent at leading people out […]
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Cannabis has played a central role in festival celebrations for thousands of years, from bhang lassi at the Holi festival in India to joint-passing at Woodstock and Coachella, but in the United States both cannabis growers and consumers have had to stay in the shadows to avoid persecution. Over the past few decades in […]
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In the 60’s and 70’s it was Orange Sunshine LSD and rock concerts. Youth all over America were having their worldviews expanded and their realities exploded by tuning in, turning on, and dropping out with thousands of others at Woodstock, Grateful Dead shows, and love-ins. In today’s modern psychedelic renaissance, things are different but the […]
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