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Science or spirituality? http://www.evolver.net/user/spygirlpix/blog/zealotry_enlightenment_crippling_credibility_drug_policy_reform shocked

So sweet of Dave to think of us – http://chaotopia-dave.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-of-psychedelic-information.html shocked

Whole orchestras play inside our heads “we are beautiful” shocked

The importance of music in human development, communication and cognition, and even as a potential therapeutic tool. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/science/19brain.html "Music is an ever-moving blob of mercury" shocked

Body Clock misalignment and smoking habits - http://www.grp.hwz.uni-muenchen.de/pdf/wittmann_pdf/Wittmann06_Social%20Jetlag.pdf Migraine and Cluster Headache, Smoking and Personality http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1984.hed2401030.x/abstract Smoking on Headache Activity http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1991.hed3105329.x/abstract Cluster Headache Tobacco and Alcohol http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-4610.1992.hed3204184.x/abstract shocked

Inherited traits that increase the pleasure of smoking CHRNA5 nicotine receptor gene http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1043000/Taking-puff-cigarette-key-lifetime-smoking-scientists-say.html Link in disruption of circadian rhythms and reward response Clock gene regulates the reward response http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/06/050614001947.htm http://www.pnas.org/content/102/26/9377.long Healthy Smokers Wanted Earn up to $350 http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/research/clinical/study.php?sid=93 $600 for Alcohol Treatment Study http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/research/clinical/study.php?sid=96 Dr. Scott Lukas exploring the potential of Kudzu as a treatment for alcoholism. CH / O2 / Smoking http://www.springerlink.com/content/nq1q7wu319017111 We conclude that cluster headache patients who smoked in the past, had shorter attacks and were pain-free interictally respond best to oxygen inhalation Shocked

There's a cheap, common, and mostly safe drug, in daily use for centuries by hundreds of millions of people that only lately has been investigated for its therapeutic potential Why has interest in this potential cure-all been slow to develop? One reason: in its current forms the drug offers pharmaceutical companies no possibility of substantial profit. Another, perhaps more important: the drug is reviled as the world's most addictive. The drug, is nicotine. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526783 shocked

Tobacco in the Elizabethan age was known as "sotweed." Sot (Old English sott) - A person who is frequently drunk (Habitual drunkard) Sot (Old French) - Foolish. Prehistory: Small amounts of nicotine can be found in some Old World plants, including Belladonna (Solanaceae) and Nicotiana Africana (Solanaceae), and nicotine metabolites have been found in human remains and pipes in the Near East and Africa. Experts believe the tobacco plant, as we know it today, began growing in the Americas 6000 BC. By 1 BC Tobacco was "nearly everywhere" in the Americas and the American aboriginal inhabitants had begun finding a number of ways to use tobacco, including smoking, chewing (and probably enemas or drank as tobacco juice) for medicinal purposes. It is also suggested that amongst some tribes it might have been used as an entheogen in religious practices as at extremely high doses, tobacco is said to become hallucinogenic. (Thought to be done only by experienced shamans, or medicine men.) In 1492 (November) Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) discovered tobacco when he first set foot on the New World for the first time, landing on the beach of San Salvador Island (or Samana Cay in the Bahamas, or Gran Turk Island.) The indigenous Arawaks, possibly thinking the strange visitors divine, offered gifts. The natives brought fruit, wooden spears, and certain dried leaves which gave off a distinct fragrance. (Columbus accepted the gifts and ordered them brought back to the ship. The fruit was eaten; the pungent "dried leaves" were thrown away.) According to one story, the first European to sample tobacco was Rodrigo de Jerez, one of Columbus's crew members, who “smoked” tobacco in the West Indies and brought a pinch home with him to Spain. Later the Spanish Inquisition imprisoned Jerez for his “sinful” and “infernal habit” of smoking. (When he was released seven years later, smoking had caught on.) Tobacco reached the European continent at least as early as 1558, when a Spanish physician named Francisco Fernandes, was sent to the New World by King Philip II to report on its products, and brought back some plants and seeds. Sailors also brought tobacco back to Europe, and the plant began being grown all along the sea routes wherever they had trading posts. In Europe tobacco plants first began to be grown in the herb gardens of a number of monasteries in Spain and Portugal. All kinds of experiments were carried out on tobacco to discover how to use it to greatest effect. To start with, tobacco was used to cure coughing, skin complaints and headaches. Jean Nicot (pronounced niko) born in France, (1530-1600) gained employment in the service of the Keeper of the Great Seal of France. In that capacity he attracted the attention of the King, who made him his private secretary. He was then appointed ambassador to Portugal. Among Nicot's friends in Lisbon was the scholar and botanist Damião de Goes. Once when Damião de Goes had Nicot over for dinner, he showed him a tobacco plant growing in his garden and told him of its marvelous healing properties. The application of the tobacco plant to a cancerous tumor allegedly worked wonders. Nicot tried treating an acquaintance's face wound for 10 days with the plant, with excellent results. Nicot became convinced of the healing powers of tobacco from Damião de Goes, Nicot obtained cuttings which he planted in the garden of the French Embassy. In 1560 Nicot wrote of tobacco's medicinal properties where he described tobacco as a “panacea”. It was at around this time that Nicot introduced tobacco-snuff (in the form of powdered leaf) to the Spanish Court, where doctors were attempting to cure Catherine de Medici (1519-1589, Queen of France during the reign of Henri II) and son Charles IX (1550-1574) who were both suffering from severe migraines Nicot had applied it to his nose and forehead and found it relieved his own headaches and recommended this remedy to the young prince to cure his crippling headaches. (“After a few powder tobacco takes his migraines alleviated” Catherine de Medici followed suit and was so favorably impressed she decreed that tobacco was henceforth to be called Herba Regina, the "queen's herb." She soon became a keen tobacco-user, and the fashion of smoking tobacco for pleasure gained rapidly in popularity "Snuff" tobacco owes its early success thanks to its introduction to Catherine de Medici. The treatment was such a real success that the Queen favoured its promotion in the whole court and the entire court started to snuff. It was first and only sold at apothecaries under various names such as : "Herbe à la reine", "Cathérinaire", "Médicée", "Herbe à Nicot", "Herbe à l'Ambassadeur"... Jean Nicot did a great deal to propagate the aromatic crop and as a tribute to him, botanists named the tobacco plant : "Nicotiana tabacum". In 1826, the pure form of nicotine was discovered and in 1828 physicists gave his name to one of the components of tobacco, namely nicotine. "The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish," wrote W.M. Thackeray a hundred years ago; SIR WALTER RALEIGH, popularizer of tobacco in England, was beheaded for treason. Upon Ralegh's tobacco box, found in his cell afterwards, is the inscription, "Comes meus fuit illo miserrimo tempo." ("It was my comfort in those miserable times.") More on Catherine - Catherine (humanist, patron of the arts) made a significant contribution to the French Renaissance. She was also a brilliant mathematician and an avid astrologer. (She is also said to be the inventor of High-heeled shoes and panties) Catherine gained fame as the wife of the king and the mother to three others. As queen dowager she would be known as Madame Snake, with secret hideaways for poison rings and daggers. Shocked

Not sure I understand them myself? Try these full versions - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/28/11/2773.full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01707.x/pdf shocked

The article linked is from Elle magazine. Elle is the worlds leading fashion and beauty magazine. Elle is not and has not ever been noted for advocating drug use/abuse. This article and the growing number of reports in the mainstream media are indicative of how acceptable entheogenic therapy is becoming. See also- http://www.oprah.com/health/PTSD-and-MDMA-Therapy-Medical-Uses-of-Ecstasy As mentioned in Lauren Slater’s excellent piece, MDMA/Ecstasy research was seriously set back due to misinformation when it was suggested by George Ricaurte that MDMA caused neurotoxicity. It turned out that the $1.3 million study, had not used Ecstasy at all, but had instead used “overdoses” of methamphetamine. The journal Science had to issue a retraction when the mistake was identified. Unfortunately the retraction received much less coverage than the sensationalized original piece. Research errors – http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/02/science/research-on-ecstasy-is-clouded-by-errors.html It has taken more than a decade for scientists get approval for research. 2000 - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997083,00.html 2004 - http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/25/ecstasy.study 2010 - http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2004887,00.html MDMA/Ecstasy research is now moving on – 2011 - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03252.x/pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03252.x/full Here we see John’s “careful and well-reasoned” response to “critiques”. - http://www.maps.org/media/view/dr._john_halpern_responds_to_uk_national_health_service_critiques_of_n/ Many outlets are covering the story and there is a great deal of interest/comment - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/20/ecstacy-doesnt-damage-the_n_825704.html much to read shocked

dude...... reading is goooood for you..... way better than looking at the pictures sp* You need to read the articles to know that shocked

Best gig? ThatÂ’s easy - July 14, 2006 Milwaukee The Empty Suits shocked

18 yrs- 65 yrs Gender M or F https://webapps.geisinger.org/findastudy/studysearchdetail1.cfm?id=102 shocked

Tough read here from Brain Awareness Week. Ethical dilemmas in scientific brain research. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/headlines/content/20110324STO16435/html/Ethical-dilemmas-in-scientific-research The European Parliament. Tough read shocked

Got to agree with Bill here - Bill Richards. On Hallucinations. The Medicine: Science & Psychedelics shocked

Sorry, I don’t know. I’d say give it a try. The service I’ve had locally involves filling out a request slip and arranging notification for collection or postal delivery. There is a small charge. It usually takes a few days, sometimes more. Incidentally for those interested - Chapel of Sacred Mirrors has an event celebrating “Bicycle Day” (April 19th/tomorrow) in San Francisco – https://secure.cosm.org/np/clients/cosm/event.jsp?event=373 shocked

Many drugs which have been classed as recreational by the general public were once, or still are, used in medicine https://blogs.ubc.ca/psyc207/category/medicine-vs-recreation-19 shocked

Chemically stoked love Psychedelics in general and MDMA in particular could be made into medicines to treat a whole range of conditions. http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Health-Fitness/That-Lovin-Feeling shocked

Study of circadian rhythms contribute to a better understanding of sleep and other neurological disorders that result from circadian dysfunction. Chemical screen technique, likely to be very productive in revealing novel aspects of clock mechanisms, function and circadian disease therapeutics. http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57861 Posttranscriptional clock regulators. Circadian oscillator in the absence of gene transcription http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57960 The role of glial astrocytes in circadian rhythms and sleep disorders. http://now.tufts.edu/news-releases/rising-star-brain-found-regulate-circadian-rh Dr John O'Neill, from the University of Cambridge, outlines the significance of the findings. “Clock genes” are not solely responsible for our body clock http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9377000/9377718.stm Also on the subject of “Glia” – Emerging Importance of Neuron-Satellite Glia Interactions within Trigeminal Ganglia in Craniofacial Pain http://www.rsds.org/3/research/glia_workshop/pdf/TGN.PDF shocked

Start Your Own Religion: New York State's Acid Churches Devin R. Lander Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Vol. 14, No. 3 (February 2011), pp. 64-80 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2011.14.issue-3 http://www.scribd.com/doc/4206409/Timothy-Leary-Start-Your-Own-Religion shocked

head bangers stuck between rock and a hard bass - http://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a2825.full shocked

Thanks for letting me know. You can still access this clip - Dr Michael Mosley, Professor David Nutt and Dr Robin Carhart-Harris. Amanda Feilding/The Beckley Foundation is in collaboration. http://www.beckleyfoundation.org/research/psilocybin Interesting quote here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12122409 "American researchers, using non-hallucinogenic versions, have already begun researching the use of former "psychedelics" for treating depression, obsessive compulsion disorder, alcoholism, and addiction." shocked

Hi ya Darrell, Great to see you posting and that you seem to be well enough/confident enough to attend our conference. Have a good one mate. Unless I have sent Graham a masx at some stage, I donÂ’t think we know each other. Have a good one, all of you. shocked

Complex, stereotyped behaviour in Cluster Headache http://www.jhasim.com/files/articlefiles/pdf/descriptions_behavior%20(V1-2).pdf Bizarre behavioural responses during a Cluster Headache are not a mark of insanity http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8103827 shocked