Long Trip

Long Trip for Psychedelic Substances

Thought you might like to see this

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Doblin's persistence and know-how -- he has a doctorate in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government -- led to the launch of the first FDA-approved clinical trial testing MDMA as a therapy (in this case for post-traumatic stress disorder) since the drug became illegal.

excellent that this research is taking place for MDMA - I had post traumatic stress disorder after the birth of my son - it kicked in about 10 months after he was born and lasted until about autumn 2001. I have always said that mdma ( i took my first pill in thirds in sept of that year) saved my life... EXCELLENT cave9/25_coolguy.gif

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Halpern is also working with Bob Wold, a 51-year-old construction firm owner who suffered from debilitating cluster headaches, which are rare but brutal, until four years ago when he tried psilocybin to treat them. Wold had never used psychedelic drugs recreationally, and he was concerned and skeptical about using an illegal substance. But he was in the midst of choosing between three surgeries for his cluster headaches, each of which would have cost about $35,000. One involved a gamma knife to cut into his brain; the other two required holes drilled in his skull. Given those options, psilocybin didn't seem so radical.

"(The psilocybin) broke my cycle" of headaches, Wold said. "There is nothing on the market now, and there never has been, that will actually break a cycle."

Yeah, I've heard this before. They are also conducting trials into how psilocybin alters peoples perception of pain when they are terminally ill. Tentative studies have shown that it can be a rewarding strategy in pain management cave9/023.gif

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"I'm very optimistic for the future," Grob said. "I think these compounds have tremendous untapped potential to be utilized within medicine and psychology. I think they need to be demystified, and safety parameters need to be established and studied. But with good controls, I think they can be used safely and effectively."

What more can be said to that .... best of luck to them in their trials and may the planets medicine be brought back into general medicine and shamanic practice be reinstated as the wonderful medicine it always was and always will be cave9/meditate.gif

Cheers for that article Moon - very interesting to say the least.
I partook in fifth shares of 20g of columbian cubensis with my friends at the weekend. I have sorted out shit loads of shit in my head, worked out some powerful aspects of my psyche, seen, felt and observed love and how it moves, giggled my arse off at nothing imparticular and experienced telepathy with my closest friends......

Its shrooming season peeps - get on our healing pages and go to the link for shroomery site ( i not sure if the button is loading ont page) make sure you know what you are picking and what doseage you should be taking. Educate yourselves and prepare yourselves mentally, physically and psychologically before taking any psychoactive substance - do not take if down at all unless surrounded by people who love you unconditionally

QUOTE (Fly @ Sep 28 2004, 06:22 PM)

Educate yourselves and prepare yourselves mentally, physically and psychologically before taking any psychoactive substance - do not take if down at all unless surrounded by people who love you unconditionally

The key

Very interesting read moon ty and sound advice Fly