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MondayOct 05, 2020 10:58 am

Rritual Mushrooms Inc. is “One to Watch”

Rritual’s suite of premium functional mushroom and adaptogenic elixirs is designed to offer various health benefits, such as increased immunity, cognitive function, stress management and more The company’s products are expected to be available online through Rritual’s site and Amazon by fall 2020 The Rritual team has extensive ties and influential relationships with leading retail businesses, providing a wide market for growth The functional mushroom industry has no clear and dominant leader, allowing Rritual to target this role with its premium products. Rritual is currently the only premium brand on the market The global functional mushroom market is expected to…

FridayOct 02, 2020 12:13 pm

Pure Extract Technologies Inc. Ideally Positioned to Become Leader in Rapidly Growing Mushroom Space

Research shows psilocybin produces immediate, substantial and sustained improvements in anxiety and depression Global medicinal mushroom market projected to increase by almost $14 billion annually for the next several years Pure Extracts is a plant-based extraction company with new vertical in the mushroom space Recent groundbreaking research indicates that psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy may be effective in treating depression, a debilitating disorder that plagues an estimated 300 million people in the United State. Psilocybin is the main psychoactive ingredient in “magic” mushrooms. With growing interest in the mushroom sector — both psychedelic and functional — companies such as Pure Extract Technologies could see exciting…

FridayOct 02, 2020 11:30 am

Michigan Prosecutor Not Pursuing Psychedelics Possession Cases After Decriminalization Vote

The Democratic candidate vying for the Washtenaw County prosecutor position who is also running unopposed in the General election said in a statement to the Decriminalize Nature (“DN”) branch in Ann Arbor that his office would not pursue any cases on psychedelics possession. This coming after the City Council recently voted to decriminalize entheogenic substances in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Eli Savit, the soon to be prosecutor, said to the psychedelics reform organization that he fully supported the measure and would extend the initiative across the county, rather than let it remain just at the city level. He added that he…

ThursdayOct 01, 2020 3:45 pm

Psychedelics Group Publishes Handbook Guiding Local Decriminalization Efforts

Decriminalize Nature, a national organization that advocates for psychedelics reform, recently introduced an extensive guideline for organizers who are interested in advocating for policy changes at a local level, which will lessen the criminalization of entheogenic substances. The organization has supported other successful campaigns to make laws on fungi-and-plant derived psychedelics a low priority in law enforcement efforts from 3 cities. Decriminalize Nature wants to now provide activists with the resources they require to get psychedelic substances decriminalized, either through ballot initiatives or the legislative channel. The guidelines they released talk about the organization’s origin as well as its principles,…

WednesdaySep 30, 2020 3:45 pm

Can Psilocybin Treat OCD?

A new study that was authored and published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies by Eddie Jacobs, a neuroethicist, suggests that psilocybin exhibits great potential as a treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (“OCD”). Jacobs, who is from the University of Oxford and King’s College London, admits that the inadequacy of studies that research the therapeutic potential of psilocybin in the treatment of OCD is surprising. Psilocybin is a psychedelic compound that is found in magic mushrooms. In the recent past, the FDA granted psilocybin breakthrough status designation for its use as an alternative therapy for major depressive disorder and treatment-resistant…

WednesdaySep 30, 2020 2:30 pm

Pure Extract Poised to Benefit as Mainstream Society Embraces Functional Mushrooms

Following $1.25 million donation, UC Berkeley launching Center for the Science of Psychedelics Pure Extract Technologies Inc. expanding into functional and medicinal mushroom market Psychedelic compounds increasingly being studied to treat wide range of physical, mental conditions Pure Extracts plans to obtain a Natural Health Products Site License from Health Canada to buy, sell, functional mushroom products For hundreds of years, medicinal mushrooms have been revered among both ancient and modern cultures throughout the world for their nutritional and medicinal qualities. Pure Extract Technologies, a private plant-based Canadian extraction company headquartered in British Columbia, is leveraging the latest in science…

TuesdaySep 29, 2020 2:45 pm

Why Psychedelics Should Be Normalized and Legalized

An updated meta-survey that was published in Our World in Data in April 2018 shares data from various mental wellness studies that indicates that people suffering from mental ailments and substance abuse range in the billions worldwide. Similarly, WHO published information that showed that between the years 1990 and 2013, the number of people suffering from anxiety and depression increased to 615 million from 416 million, which equates to an almost 50% increment. Nearly 10% of the global population is affected, with mental illnesses making up 30% of the world’s non-fatal disease burden. Earlier in 2018, mental health was declared…

MondaySep 28, 2020 3:30 pm

Canada Sees Spike in Licensed Ayahuasca Churches

The Centre of Universal Illumination Luz Divina, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba recently became the 6th religious group to receive government exemption to legally import and use ayahuasca. The organization is part of a number of religious groups that have permission from the Canadian government to use ayahuasca. This comes at a time when researchers and advocates are calling for more research to be done on the potential benefits of the psychedelic substance as well as its decriminalization. Thus far, Health Canada has granted only 6 exemptions for churches in Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal. The exemptions allow them to import and…

FridaySep 25, 2020 2:30 pm

Ann Arbor City Council Votes to Decriminalize Psychedelics

Earlier on Monday, the Ann Arbor, Michigan City Council unanimously voted to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelic substances. Decriminalize Nature Ann Arbor, an organization that advocates for decriminalization of entheogenic plants such as ayahuasca and psilocybin, with different branches across the country, brought the proposal before the city council. Council members Jeff Hayner (D) and Anne Bannister (D) sponsored the measure, which is similar to previously approved measures in Santa Cruz and Oakland, California. In a recent press release, Hayner said that the decriminalization of naturally-occurring psychedelic medicines is necessary for progress and that we could no longer keep…

FridaySep 25, 2020 9:00 am

Did You Celebrate 9/20? A Peek into the Psychedelic Mushrooms Holiday

Each year, millions of stoners around the world celebrate 4/20, which is the international marijuana holiday and also 4/19, also known as Bicycle Day; which is the anniversary of the day Albert Hoffman, a chemist, intentionally took LSD then rode his bike through Basel in Switzerland. Unlike 4/19 which was established in 1943 and 4/20 which was established in the 1970s, September 20 is fairly new in the holiday scene. In 2015, Nicholas Reville, who is a mushroom advocate from Providence in Rhode Island, christened September 20 an educational day of action. This is aimed at encouraging more discussions around…

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