The United Nations’ organisation dealing in health research and recommendations, the World Health Organisation, recently published a report which recommended worldwide decriminalisation of personal drug use. Continue reading World Health Organisation Supports Worldwide Decriminalisation of Drug Use
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Video on Medicinal Psychedelic Use
A video recently released by Amber Lyon of reset.meĀ makes a well presented case for the medicinal use of psychedelics in modern society, extolling its virtues while simultaneously dispelling prevalent myths about the physical danger of of taking the drugs.
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FDA Approves New Naloxone Treatment
The FDA recently approved the use of Naloxone as a prescription treatment in the household for use in the case of an opioid overdose, in the form of an intramuscular auto-injector – similar to EpiPens (epinephrine) carried by those with severe allergies. Continue reading FDA Approves New Naloxone Treatment
Psychedelics used to Fight Addiction
A study recently completed at the University of New Mexico has shown that psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and LSD have promise in the treatment of alcoholism and other forms of addiction. The study showed, that while there was a large range of resulting effects, conditions of addicts had improved overall.
This shows a resurgence of the type of medical research undertaken on psychedelics during the 50/60s, which has since been marred by public and institutional stigma, and comes as part of a neo-slew of parallel investigations into the potentially positive effects of psychedelic drugs.
TripSit Featured on MAPS
TripSit was featured on MAPS Spring newsletter, released today.
MAPS (The Multidisciplinary Association
For Psychedelic Studies) is a non-profit organisation which researches
the use of drugs, and work towards a world whereby humanity may benefit
from the responsible and careful use of drugs. They particularly
champion the cause of marijuana and MDMA for medical purposes, and have
already had much success in initiating studies in MDMA and Marijuana
assisted psychotherapy worldwide.