Friends of Erowid,

The end-of-year matching gift offer has returned! Designed especially to encourage site visitors who have never contributed to Erowid before, for the next six weeks, qualifying $33 donations will be tripled, and qualifying $50 donations will be doubled.

This is a great opportunity for students and others who can't afford to give much but would like to take part in keeping information about psychoactive plants and chemicals freely available. We hope this matching grant, offered by an anonymous donor, will help us reach our goal of 1,250 Erowid members by the end of 2005. For more details, see:

http://www.erowid.org/donations/donations_matching.shtml

Meanwhile, Issue #9 of Erowid Extracts has just been shipped to members. Make sure to renew now to receive your copy.

We welcome submissions, suggestions, criticisms, or corrections at submissions@erowid.org.

peace,
fire & earth

1. Laptop Update
   Thanks to everyone who responded to our search for a new laptop. Special thanks to Azure for donating a recent Gateway laptop and to Braided Matrix for contributing a used G3 laptop.
   
   
2. Erowid Extracts #8
   http://www.erowid.org/general/newsletter/erowid_newsletter8.pdf
   
   Issue #9 of Erowid Extracts was sent to members last week, so issue #8 from June 2005 is now available to read online in PDF format.
   
   
3. Cannabis and Psychosis
   http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_health3.shtml
   
   A look whether or not cannabis use can be connected to psychiatric illnesses such as psychosis.
   
   
4. Erowid: 10 Years of History
   http://www.erowid.org/general/about/about_article5.shtml
   
   An article, on the occasion of Erowid's 10-year anniversary, about the history of the project.
   
   
5. Erowid's Process of Re-Visioning
   http://www.erowid.org/general/about/about_revisioning3.shtml
   
   A short description of our attempts to take a fresh look at what the Erowid project is doing and how it might change.
   
   
6. One New Ask Erowid Question
   
   Dutch cannabis cut with strange filler material?
   http://www.erowid.org/ask/ask.cgi?ID=3100
   
   An erowid crew member describes looking into the question of whether some cannabis from the Netherlands is being cut with filler.
   
   
7. eScottology - "Is This Some Kind of Drug Thing?"
   http://www.erowid.org/columns/scotto/index.php?m=200510
   
   October installment of the monthly column by Scott O. Moore.
   
   
8. Art Vaults
   http://www.erowid.org/culture/art/
   
   Ten new artists have been added to the art vaults this month.
   
   November Featured Artist: Fred Weidmann
   http://www.erowid.org/culture/art/artists_w/art_weidmann_fred.shtml
   
   
9. The Erowid Review
   Four new book reviews were published, including:
   
   "The Antipodes of the Mind", reviewed by John Horgan
   http://www.erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=161
   
   "Eating the Flowers of Paradise", reviewed by Jon
   http://www.erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=167
   
   "Maximizing Harm", reviewed by Stephen Young
   http://www.erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=149
   
   
10. 15 Books Added to the Library / Bookstore
    http://www.erowid.org/library/books/
    
    Tibetan Sacred Dance
    http://www.erowid.org/books/tibetan_sacred_dance.shtml
    
    Witchcraft Medicine
    http://www.erowid.org/books/witchcraft_medicine.shtml
    
    Trance Formation
    http://www.erowid.org/books/trance_formation.shtml
    
    
11. Five Videos Added to the Library / Bookstore
    http://www.erowid.org/library/videos/
    
    Spun
    http://www.erowid.org/library/videos/spun.shtml
    
    21st Century Prohibition: "We're just doing our job"
    http://www.erowid.org/library/videos/21st_century_prohibition.shtml
    
    
12. 110 New Experience Reports
    http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2005&M1=10&D1=15&M2=11&D2=20
    
    
13. New Image Vault Additions
    Six new images were added, including:
    
    A group of P. semilanceata
    http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?i=mushrooms/psilocybe_semilanceata19.jpg
    
    Myristica fragrans (Nutmeg)
    http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?i=nutmeg/myristica_fragrans5.jpg
    
    

For a more complete listing of What's New at Erowid go to:
http://www.erowid.org/new.php



Conducts laboratory testing of street Ecstasy tablets.

Between Oct 15 and Nov 20, results for 3 pills were posted. http://www.ecstasydata.org/results.php?A=DateRange&Y1=2005&M1=10&D1=20&M2=11&D2=14

The current funding for Ecstasydata.org ran out August 1st, 2005. At this point we are no long accepting pills sent in for testing. We are currently seeking grants to support this important project.

Please see http://www.ecstasydata.org/ for details on how you can help.



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