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These are great days to be living in. Much better than the old days, when politicians wouldnÂ’t listen to us, when there was no financial investment to be had, when medical institutions were unwilling to take on such sensitive issues, when doctors couldnÂ’t approach our subject for fear of their jobs and reputations. Truly, great days. Well done Bob, well done team. Congatulations everyone. shocked "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Sir Winston Churchill.

Drop in Lecture video How do psychedelic drugs work on the brain? Dr Robin Carhart-Harris tackles the difficult question of how certain drugs produce hallucinogenic qualities in our brains. http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/imedia/content/view/3704/how-do-psychedelic-drugs-work-on-the-brain shocked

See - New CH.com Forum › Supporter's Corner › Supporter's Corner –Presently on Page 5 Started by Annette. Ex Member. May 13th, 2008 at 6:10pm Last post by Kevin_M. Jun 1st, 2008 at 9:45am Title - The cries in the night ! New CH.com Forum - Daily Chat - General Posts – Presently on Page 117 Started by - Annette Ex Member Jun 19th, 2008 at 5:27pm Last post - Jun 26th, 2008 at 10:09pm By: Mrs Deej Title - Daniel has passed away, time to say goodbye shocked

Hi atama There is an excellent web site and forum for Ch’ers in the UK. Here – http://www.ouchuk.org/html/community_members_forum.asp shocked

A Sydney GP who persisted in treating her partner's cluster headaches using a "chaotic" course of highly addictive opiates has been condemned for her role in his death http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWMT/2013/7.html shocked

Still Fighting Professor David Nutt Interview http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/david-nutt-magic-mushrooms-interview Are there any other studies in the UK or Europe that are currently encountering roadblocks due to the difficulty of acquiring the product for clinical trials? Absolutely… There are non-hallucinogenic derivatives of LSD, like 2-Bromo-LSD, that may cure cluster headaches – a terrible, terrible illness. We believe that it's outside the act. It’s not psychedelic, so why would it be controlled? But the Home Office takes the view that, because it’s got LSD in its name, they’ve got to control it. That must be frustrating for you? It's more frustrating for the people who are suffering. I got an email last week from a guy in Texas saying, “I suffered so much from cluster headaches that my son offered to kill me.” He said, “I now live in Mexico because in Mexico they allow you to use mushrooms for health reasons.” He was empowered to do that, but most people aren't. And I just hate to see suffering based on these lies about the drugs being too harmful to use. shocked

The Psychic Lysurgery is proud to be materializing at Sunrise 2013 with some lyrical majesty and thoughtful escapades within the weird and wonderful world we live in. Thematically entwined through psychedelics and consciousness, the talks taking place in The Psychic Lysurgery are about lifting the curtains of where weÂ’ve been, where weÂ’re at, and where we are heading post 2012. http://www.sunrisefestivals.co.uk/underworld/psychic-lysurgery Programme DR SERENA RONEY DOUGAL FERDINANDO BUSCEMA Psychedelics and the Experience of Magic MIKE JAY Flying Potions and Modern Notions DR ROBIN CARHART-HARRIS How do psychedelic drugs work in the brain? DANNY DISKIN Ayahuasca in the Amazon ERIC TURNER Reflections on transformational festivals Dr BEN SESSA GRAHAM HANCOCK DAVID LUKE PSYCHOACTIVES, PSYCHIC ABILITY & THE PINEAL GLAND AMANDA FEILDING The Beckley Foundation ANDY ROBERTS DR CAMERON ADAMS. shocked

A discussion / Conference/Exhibition, Seminar on scientific research with psychedelic drugs Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine London - Department of Medicine - Division of Brain Sciences in conjunction with the Beckley Foundation Chaired by Professor David Nutt Contact: Robin Carhart-Harris 12 Jun 2013 10:00 - 18:00 Wolfson Education Centre Hammersmith Campus Open to all http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/medicine/departmentofmedicine/brainsciences/eventssummary/event_8-4-2013-15-31-37 http://www.scribd.com/doc/140235506/Come-to-p-day shocked

Stuck in the seventies – http://tinyurl.com/cnoajzl shocked

The Beckley Foundation/Imperial College Psychopharmacalogical Research Programme http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Beckley-Imperial-psychopharmacological-flyer-130402.pdf Exciting new breakthroughs in the world of psychedelic research – a pioneering collaboration between Amanda Feilding, Director of the Beckley Foundation, David Nutt, Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, London and Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, a Beckley Fellow at Imperial College The Beckley-Imperial Programme works at the frontiers of research into psychoactive substances, their effects on the brain and consciousness, and their potential therapeutic benefits. Our recent series of studies into psilocybin began in 2009 and used the latest brain-imaging technology (fMRI and MEG) to investigate changes in blood supply to the brain, correlated with changes in brain activity and subjective experience, when volunteers received an intravenous dose of the drug. … The findings raise exciting possibilities for the therapeutic use of psilocybin. One of the ‘hub’ regions, the medial prefrontal cortex, is known to be chronically over-active in depression. This same region has its activity throttled by psilocybin because its blood supply is reduced. Another region (the hypothalamus), which is over-active in the agonising condition of cluster headaches, also has its activity reduced by psilocybin through decreased blood supply. Thus our research has already thrown light on potentially valuable new avenues of treatment for both these debilitating conditions. … These insights have generated a major Medical Research Council (MRC) grant for a study into the use of psilocybin in the treatment of depression, which has recently received ethical approval. This is the first time a government body has funded psyche-delic research. … The recent findings in the Beckley/Imperial Programme demonstrate why it is essential to expand research into the therapeutic potential of currently illegal psychotropic drugs. The taboo on these substances, which comes from their illicit status, has severely impeded both scientific research into how these ancient medicinal and spiritually awakening compounds work, and clinical use of these substances for the treatment of some of modern man's many ills. We ask all interested parties to help us develop and expand our programme of work. The time for this vital research has finally come… shocked

BNA Festival of Neuroscience press release – http://www.bna2013.com/TFI/media/uploaded/EVTFI/event_556/2.%20Nutt_magic%20mushrooms.pdf a selection from the media - http://news.sky.com/story/1074892/magic-mushroom-depression-trials-stalled http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2305108/Sacked-drugs-tsar-handed-1-2m-magic-mushrooms-cure-depression-trial-backed-aristocrat-dubbed-Lady-Mindbender.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lTUZxqAYS0 shocked

A read on the history of mushrooms - with an excellent piece on busting (part 2) In College Times by Greta Part 2 http://collegetimes.ie/magic-mushrooms-part-2/ Part 1 http://collegetimes.ie/psilocybin-the-magic-in-the-mushroom/ We also get a mention in this entheogen time line – http://entheology.com/research/timeline-of-entheogen-use/ shocked

Headache Group UCL Institute of Neurology http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/departments/repair/themes/headache shocked

All welcome Seminar http://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/events/events/jm/tt13_uehiro_seminar_nutt shocked

Drop in Lecture http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/eventssummary/event_27-3-2013-14-46-32 shocked

In the near future Cahart-Harris will be carrying out two new exciting experimental studies. One is with psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms; the second is on LSD http://thebackbencher.co.uk/is-psychedelic-therapy-the-future/ shocked

aggravating factor for the lasting of the active phase. http://www.thejournalofheadacheandpain.com/content/1/S1/P54 shocked

Poster Presentation 1999 P20. Neuropsychiatric features of cluster headaches http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=100150 “selectively impaired in a verbal memory measure” shocked

genes being screened to provide insight into potential genetic predisposition http://www.thejournalofheadacheandpain.com/content/pdf/1129-2377-1-S1-P34.pdf shocked

Dr. John Halpern sheds some light http://painresource.com/learn/ask-the-experts-cluster-headaches-and-hallucinogenic-drugs/ Psilocybin researcher Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris on London Real Radio - Q&A shocked

Interesting read on some (in and out of attack) fMRI scanning results – http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057896 shocked

Interview with rising researcher Dr Matt Wall http://theconnecto.me/2012/10/brain-scans-and-bold-plans-our-interview-with-matt-wall shocked

Re; neurostimulators Don’t forget your handbag – http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/home/2012/november/14/remote_control.aspx and consider getting a “cloak” – http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/080708-medical-device-hacking.html shocked

Following the success of Breaking Convention 2011, the technicolor flag of psychedelia will be hoisted once again on 12-14 July 2013. Breaking Convention 2013 will be held at the beautiful, baroque Old Royal Naval College campus of the University of Greenwich – located near to central London. Breaking Convention is a biennial conference on psychedelic consciousness, the only one of its kind operating in Britain, convened by a non-profit organization of the same name. Breaking Convention 2011 was held at the University of Kent at Canterbury. The conference sold out, attracting over 600 delegates from thirty-two countries and representing every continent. Over eighty speakers presented over the three day weekend Breaking Convention 2013 will feature ten symposia of invited speakers and a track dedicated to talks from submitted abstracts, as well as galleries, exhibitions, films and evening entertainments. http://breakingconvention.co.uk shocked