Mushroom expert Paul Stamets, author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, is part of a new NASA-funded study on "astromycology," how fungi could be used in space as building materials, to generate healthy soil for agriculture, and even as batteries. Scientific American interviewed Stamets about his current research and also his most far out ideas beyond the NASA project. From Scientific American:
Before we wrap up, let's get a little more speculative. What are some of the more fantastic ways mushrooms might be applied in space?
Well, what I can tell you? I'm sure some of your editors may go, "No way, we're not going to publish this." But I think using psilocybin mushrooms in spaceflight makes a lot of sense. There are more than 65 articles right now … at ClinicalTrials.gov that say psilocybin mushrooms help people overcome [post-traumatic stress disorder], loneliness and depression. Do you think the astronauts are going to have loneliness and depression and PTSD? I think yes. How are you going to help them? Read More »
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Wo Methamphetamin konsumiert wird, finden sich teils hohe Konzentrationen der Droge im Wasser. Laut einer neuen Forschungsarbeit macht dies Forellen abhängig.
https://www.20min.ch/story/methamphetamin-im-wasser-macht-fische-zu-suechtigen-372036229043
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Der Stoff Psilocybin, der Drogenpilzen die psychedelische Wirkung beschert, gilt schon länger als heisser Kandidat gegen Depressionen. Unklar war bislang aber, warum sie positiv auf die Psyche wirken.
https://www.20min.ch/story/darum-helfen-halluzinogene-pilze-bei-depressionen-und-angstzustaenden-947113616328
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City sells former police academy to become a marijuana grow facility | Boing Boing
The city of Flint, Michigan has sold its former Police Training Academy to a cannabis company that will convert it into an indoor marijuana growing facility. The Flint City Council approved the sale in a tight 5-4 vote a month ago. The property had been listed for a week but only received two offers, both from cannabis concerns. One party, represented by Flint attorney Brenda Williams, came in at $20,000, but the second bid was for $500,000. From MLive:
After the vote, [council member Eric] Mays asked city attorneys for a legal opinion about whether the sale to Evergrow LLC followed the proper procedures for the disposal of city-owned property.
"I just ain't cool with this process," he said, questioning why the sale wasn't handled by the city's Purchasing Department and why it wasn't advertised more broadly than the city's website. Read More »
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Mexico’s supreme court has struck down laws prohibiting the use of recreational marijuana, moving the country toward cannabis legalisation even as the country’s congress drags its feet on a legalisation bill.
In an 8-3 decision on Monday, the court ruled that sections of the country’s general health law prohibiting personal consumption and home cultivation of marijuana were unconstitutional.
Adults wanting to cultivate and consume their own cannabis will be able to apply for permits from the health secretariat. Criminal penalties for possessing more than five grammes of marijuana or selling the drug remain in place.
Prior to Monday’s decision, adults could petition courts for individual injunctions to grow and consume cannabis. The supreme court first Read More »
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... Possession of marijuana will be legal in Connecticut beginning July 1, with retail sales to follow next year. State Senates voted 16 to 11 Thursday to approve recreational weed; Gov. Ned Lamont has already promised to sign the bill.
"The war on cannabis, which was at its core a war on people in Black and Brown communities, not only caused injustices and increased disparities in our state, it did little to protect public health and safety. That's why I introduced a bill and worked hard with our partners in the legislature and other stakeholders to create a comprehensive framework for a securely regulated market that prioritizes public health, public safety, social justice, and equity," Lamont said in a statement. "I look forward to signing the bill and moving beyond this terrible period of incarceration and injustice." Read More »
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