Europe: Dutch Magic Mushroom Ban Clears Final Hurdle, Now In Effect
You can't sell or grow magic mushrooms in Holland anymore.
Psychedelics
Europe: Dutch Ban on Magic Mushrooms Moves Closer
The Dutch are about to ban magic mushrooms. The cabinet passed a proposal and sent it to parliament, where it is expected to be approved.
Psychedelics: Nebraska Moves to Ban Salvia Divinorum
The Nebraska attorney general and at least one legislator want to protect Cornhusker youth from salvia divinorum by sending them to prison for five years if they get caught with it.
In Memoriam: Dr. John Beresford
An LSD pioneer and drug reform activist is memorialized by groups that knew him well.
Chronicle Book Review: "Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom," by Andy Letcher (2007, Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers, 360 pp, $25.95 HB.)
With "Shrooms," British historian (and psychedelic folk band member) Andy Letcher has written a fine revisionist history of the magic mushroom. Modern myco-cultists will be disappointed with his findings, but the ride is entirely enjoyable.
Europe: British Drug Expert Calls for Downgrade on LSD, Ecstasy
The head of the British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has called for ecstasy and LSD to be reclassified as less serious drugs, but the government has signalled it isn't listening.
Lecture: Entheogens, Enlightenment, and Experimental Humanities
Entheogens, Enlightenment, and Experimental Humanities with Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University and Author of Psychoactive Sacramentals.
Presented by the Templeton Research Lectureship Program on the Constructive Engagement Between Science and Religion (2005-2008) in Association with the Spirituality, Religion, and Health Interest Group.
DC Ibogaine Forum
Please join us for this interesting forum in the nation's capital! The schedule includes:
DAY 1--
Medical Panels
Dana Beal: Mechanisms of Action
Dr. Ken Alper: Survey of worldwide use
Dr Jeff Kamlet: How to Give Ibogaine Safely
World Psychedelic Forum 2008
The World Psychedelic Forum with over 60 seminars, lectures, and panel discussions, presented by more than 50 experts, and some 30 young researchers from all over the world, with a rich audio-visual supporting program, and a variety of external events during three nights offers a unique Easter weekend in Basel for the young and the young at heart, for the interested lay persons, as well as the professional, a gathering you will never forget!