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Psilocybin mushrooms were legalized Jan 2023 in Oregon for treatment in licensed facilities. This is a look at what the burgeoning industry is going through in its growing pains of getting off the ground for the inquisitive consumer and newly licensed practitioner.
sellers to uk only accepting cryptocurrency because they say their PayPal accounts keep getting shutdown….# wewanttomicrodosesomindyourownbuisness 😒….they’re not illegal to sell the spores for research purposes but illegal to cultivate 🤔I want to cultivate for research purposes
EXACTLY 🤣💯👍 I've seen the liberty cap shrooms you've referred to. They grow in abundance in your neck of the woods. The proof is in the research 😉🙃I can't say enough good stuff about it!
BTW has your fairy ring reappeared yet? Waiting for some awesome pictures 🖼️🍄
August,September time the liberty caps are out my neighbor/ friend has a sheep farm there’s a big bounty to be had ( and dried out with a drying out thingy the name escapes me as it’s late ….I’ve got a poly tunnel was hoping to have my own mushroomery by now 🤪 crypto next mission …..I think same timeline for the fairy ring will definitely post a 🧚♀️ picture 🍄
Food dehydrator?? What's a poly tunnel?
Do you have any crypto holdings?
yes Dehydrator ..thanks…poly tunnel as pictured…it’s a long greenhouse shaped like an arc ,covered in polythene..ideal potting place …no crypto …except about a trillionth of a bit coin somewhere
Move to Portland, Oregon where it is now legal. You could be part of a research team here. 🤣 (See my comments below.)
Welcome to my world! I heard yesterday that one lab finally opened to do business here in Portland, Oregon. So, it won't be long before our experiment begins! Because licensed clinics and doctors monitor it, I am not as worried about this project happening here. I hope the more they learn about it, the more it will help those of us with mental health problems. (My 27-year-old son micro doses once a month on psilocybin to help with anxiety, which I am not always comfortable with, but as an adult, I let him make these decisions.)
What concerns me a lot more was the passing two years ago of the law (Measure 110), which allows small amounts of all hard drugs to be legalized in Oregon without the necessary government money and adequate help for drug users. The intent at the time was to make lesser amounts of hard drugs not a criminal offense but rather to supply users with mental health and ways to get off of drugs.
Unfortunately, Oregon still does not have the money, the psychologists and police officers, the mental health facilities, the treatment centers, etc., up and running two years after this measure went into effect, partly because of the pandemic. Furthermore, the drug Fentanyl is coming up from Mexico in plentiful supply to be mixed with these drugs, killing many homeless and teens.
So, this makes me wonder if the state government will have the necessary money to monitor the psilocybin program in Oregon very well. I believe the cities of Denver and Chicago have also legalize small amounts of hard drugs, but these are just cities, not a whole state! Time will tell.
Morning Focusedmind! See my response below 👇 toddzen's reply. I'm so excited to hear more about how things unfold. Will you be trying this treatment option when it becomes fully available? I'd love to keep in touch to hear more about it.
My son has been micro-dosing with Psilocybin for maybe a year now and claims it helps his anxiety. So, I have been watching him, and my only genuine concern is that he is still reasonably young and immature. Years ago, I also refused to put him on ADD medicine in elementary school because I didn't want the drugs messing with his mind. Instead, I worked with him on schoolwork and had tutors to help him.
The more research they do on Psilocybin and other drugs like this, the better. I expect Oregon to assist with this investigation; I only hope the state can afford it. I favor its use if it helps people with their mental health without side effects.
LITP: Thank you for the article. I learned a few new things.
The situation in Oregon looks designed for wealthy people. They are going to charge at least $500 per session. I even read $3000 per trip in one article. Mushrooms should be available in dispensaries. One gram of mushrooms would cost $25. Not $1000! Many of us need a daily dose to treat our mental illness. Psilocybin should be available as an antidepressant medication. But Big Pharma will lobby against it. They make billions on antidepressants that don't work for millions of people.
I get my shrooms for $280 oz. I microdose 0.15 g per day...4-5 days on, 2-3 days off. Combined with a TMS maintenance session every 4 weeks and daily medical marijuana, these are the only treatments that put my symptoms in remission. I can live my life nearly symptom free from depression & anxiety... something I NEVER imagined possible, I'll be 50 next year and have been suffering since my teens.
Starting 17 days ago, I volunteered to participate in the self reporting microdose.me global initiative partly started by Paul Stamets, the mushroom 🍄 👑 king! I posted this video previously but it's valuable beyond measure if you're interested in learning more. It's called "how Psilocybin mushrooms can help save the world" from April 10, 2023 where he speaks about microdose.me and the powerful medical applications on the immediate horizon for mental health. If you're interested in microdosing, I use the Stamets Stack. Psilocybin+lion's Mane+niacin...he speaks about it in the video, too. My mushroom supplements come from FreshCap, reishi, lion's Mane, turkey tail, cordyceps and Chaga.
There are other concerns in the mycology world that synthetic variations of Psilocybin manufactured by drug companies are not as efficacious as eating the natural mushroom. I despise big pharma, insurance and the medical community in general that have turned health care into a profit juggernaut at the expense of the patients.
Our society breeds disease... physical and mental. We are NOT taught how to care for ourselves. We don't know crapola about nutrition. We are praised for not sleeping. We sit in front of video monitors and screens 10-12 hrs a day. We don't exercise or go outside. it's no wonder we're buried under the weight of mental illness! Human beings are not supposed to live like this and we're making corporations filthy rich while we're slowly killing ourselves like the 🐸 in the slowly boiling pot of water. We're doomed before we have a chance... ignorance is NOT bliss. We should all collectively be appalled by how we're exploited, yet we keep destroying ourselves from the inside.
I share your feelings. I'm 62. In the 1970's LSD was available to me as a High School Student. It changed my life. But it also woke me up to the corruption and evil of the American Society. This is the reason they banned Psychedelics. They don't want an enlightened Society. Last year I did fifteen IV Ketamine Infusions. Ketamine is an awesome Psychedelic. Every trip was a mystical experience. Currently I am taking a low dose of Ketamine everyday. 60mg. It's working. I am afraid that Big Pharma will block TeleHealth Ketamine using their Government connections. Their antidepressants don't work for many people.I am on Venlafaxine and I was suicidal every day. Since taking Ketamine everyday I am not suicidal anymore. I know what the corrupt Government is capable of if Ketamine threatens Big Pharma's profits. I am trying to enjoy feeling better and I stopped reading the News. It's like looking at Hell. I had hoped Consciousness was going to evolve but it's gotten worse. The evil forces are winning. Half the population worships Trump. I have to stop looking at it and connect with the beauty of Nature.
Psychedelic research was squashed in the 60s by govt and public policy...& It's just now starting to catch up to the point it was at 60+ yrs ago.
I've done clinical Ketamine infusions, I use med marajuana daily, I've targeted my TMS sessions to 1 every 4 weeks in order to keep my depression and anxiety in near remission and I microdose Psilocybin magic mushrooms 🍄. These are the treatments that allow me to live a full QUALITY life, on my terms, with ZERO negative side effects. That's my Holy Grail, my brass ring, my fountain of youth, my gold standard. Every single one of us should be so lucky to find the key(s)🗝️that🔓 unlocks our mental health prison🚪door.
We All know intimately how suffocating living in suicidal ideation is. I had an "exit plan" in January '22 and was just waiting to execute it. I had one more last Last LAST DITCH effort... Ketamine and TMS. That's what saved me. I'm here now, berely comprehending how 16 months ago I wanted to give up permanently. It's a disease, like any other, if left untreated, will definitely kill you....death doesn't necessarily have to come after you take your last breath. I see "dead people" just blindly going through the motions, with no connection to living in any sense of the word....I used to be one. I can't be a Life zombie anymore...
The Company is Joyous. They start you on 30 60mg soft tablets. The tabs can be broken into four 15mg pieces. In a couple weeks I was taking the whole tab. It's considered a low dose. But to me it feels like taking a half gram of mushrooms. You're in control. You can take 15mg or 60mg day.
IV Ketamine was also my last effort to keep living. And it saved me. But this disease is aggressive. It fights it's way back. That's why I choose the daily Ketamine. To keep the monster in its cage. Marijuana makes me paranoid so I avoid it. I loved it in High School. Now it's legal and I can't enjoy it.
I've been an avid recreational user of Psychedelics my whole life. I just didn't realize was self medicating with the substances that would turn out to be my mental and physical health medications in the future. I'm finally getting my Life back at 49!
This disease is insidious and a true charlatan. It speaks in our own voice and lulls us like a maritime sirens song pulling us under the surf, drowning out the essence of Life, killing our will to live.
Keeping the monster caged takes Herculean effort. We're all warriors of the boldest sort. Defeating an enemy from within, that can't be measured by tumor size or visible improvement, makes it so much harder sometimes than if we were actually battling cancer. Those results are tangible and visual. We live in a society that if your disability isn't obvious, you must be making it up.
You'd never tell a paraplegic to get out of your wheelchair and walk...what's your problem, just DO it. But we tell depression sufferers to "pick themselves up by their boot straps" and "fake it til you make it " BS cliches that are worthless and obtuse gestures at best.
I was surprised the Judge ruled in my favor to get SSDI. He was the first person to validate my situation. Therapists never brought up the idea that I had a Mental Disability. It took suicide attempts and hospitalizations to get help from County Mental Health. It all finally made sense. I started going to Peer Support Groups everyday.
I wish I would have known about support groups when I was younger. But things were different even in the 90s when I was in my early 20s and unfortunately I didn't have conscious understanding about my disorders at that age.
I've heard nightmare stories about getting approval for SSDI. I have multiple fusions in my spine and neck, both shoulders repaired, gallbladder removed, permanent nerve damage in my left leg and hand. Plus treatment resistant depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD...and more. I have wondered if that would be sufficient to get approved for SSDI but have been scared to start the process. I still work full time but it pretty much rules my life and I hate it.
In my case I hadn't worked for years. I used to make money as an Illustrator. But that career crashed. I am still an Artist. Haven't sold a painting in 30 years. Now that would depress anyone. Van Gogh killed himself because no one would buy his work. Now his paintings are worth over a hundred million dollars. A few years ago my Dad died and left me money so I'm not poor anymore. SSDI allows inheritance. They only count Work income. If you can earn over $1100 month you lose your benefits. I worked part time for ten years but it gets dangerous to work. They can say you are no longer disabled.
what company are you using? Is that considered very low dose ketamine?
😱 OMG don't get me started on Trump....evil doesn't begin to describe this s@#t show!
I so agree, but we shouldn't talk politics here!
No worries, just know we're on the same page 😜📃
Look forward when its legal here, have issues when things that grow naturally in nature unadulterated by humans are made illegal
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