Ego death is an experience that can occur while using certain psychedelic drugs, particularly magic mushrooms (psilocybin), LSD and DMT. While ego-death may sound scary if you’re new to psychedelics, it doesn’t have to be. Many started using ego dissolution because of the connotation associated with death. Still, they both refer to the same experience. […]

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Cannabis isn’t for everyone no matter what strain or cannabinoid, topical or gummy you try. Weed can hit everyone with different effects whether the strain is high in THC or CBG, or limonene versus myrcene. Different highs from THC is old news for even occasional consumers but the role that opioid receptors play is unanimously […]

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Mushrooms are becoming the next big thing, and that means more questions being asked. Like how to grow them? And if they mix well with weed. And whether or not you can smoke magic mushrooms. So, let’s take a look at that question today, and go over the different ways that magic mushrooms can be […]

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We are going to explore the underlying neuroscience of drugs: how different drugs affect the brain and which areas are activated or suppressed when we are high. The many benefits of drugs: psychedelics and cannabinoids are known when it comes to mental health and cognitive functioning. At CBD testers we have already reviewed lots of […]

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Despite the recent discoveries of the therapeutic potential of psychedelics for human welfare, the Drug Enforcement Agency announced that it would be adding five variants of these drugs to the harshest drug classification—Schedule 1. This recent move will discourage the growing support for psychedelic research in the country.

“Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced my sense of what was important—creating great things instead of making money.” – Steve Jobs […]

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As psychedelics become more popular, with more being spoken about their medical properties, the question of hallucinations arises. After all, psychedelics are widely known for causing them. So, what are these hallucinations, and what happens in your brain when you take these drugs that makes you hallucinate? The brain is a vast and hard-to-understand organ, […]

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“Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.” – Terrence Mckenna Although […]

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According to the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance, Ibogaine is a natural psychoactive compound obtained from the Tabernathe iboga bark. It’s native to the jungles of West Africa, though it was originally discovered by a Pygmy tribe who told the Bwiti tribes about it; they then used it as a means of communicating with their ancestors and spirits.

It's important to be intentional and thoughtful before consuming cannabis or psychedelics. Learn about set and setting, how they can affect your experience, and how to optimize them.

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Source: New Atlas Despite its prevalence in popular culture, the idea of microdosing is relatively new. Characterized in detail little more than a decade ago by James Fadiman, the practice suggests tiny sub-perceptual doses of psychedelic drugs can lead to enhancements in productivity, creativity, mental well-being and energy. The key to microdosing is repeated small doses, […]

How The Cannabis Industry Can Solve The Schedule-I Drug Research Barrier Problem

Research is forbidden on Schedule I drugs in the U.S. — here's how marijuana can get around that rule.

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