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going out with this issue that we're excited to let folks know about
once it's ready to go.
Also, a couple of quick notes, although we started taking Bitcoins
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We hope you enjoy our focus on Erowid columns this month!
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In History...50 Years Ago And This Year
Did you know that the first research to show that psychedelics like
LSD can reduce pain associated with life-threatening illnesses was
published 50 years ago? The first government-approved research
since 1966 to dose humans on LSD was just published in March 2014.
But literature demonstrating that psilocybin, DPT, and LSD can cause
long term reductions in pain, anxiety, and depression associated
with terminal illnesses, has been developing since the early 1960s.
In 1964, Kast and Collins authored a paper in which 50 "gravely ill" patients were given LSD in an experimental design to compare its lasting pain-reducing effects against the powerful analgesics Demerol (meperidine) and Dilaudid (hydromorphone). They found that "LSD-25 showed a protracted and more effective action than either of the other drugs."(!) https://erowid.org/references/4525 Events
Club Health Lisbon 2015
(June 17-19, 2015) in Lisbon, Portugal Clubhealthlisbon2015.org The 9th international conference on nightlife, substance use, and related health issues. Latest Additions
Crew Notes
We've been spending time going through the Experience Vaults working
to improve and check the data. To transition to up-to-date design, we
cleared out old hard-coded HTML from over 1,500 reports. We've
standardized our set of warning notes (bad idea to drive while high!)
and the crew fixed 100 reports that had never been properly
categorized with the right substance. We're now working on fixing
500 reports that were triaged and edited, but then lost in limbo
awaiting further verification.
After fourteen years and over 100,000 submitted reports, we decided it was time to do some tidying before we begin on the next design for the Experience Vaults. From the Vaults
More New Content
Experience Reports
(see 28 new) Ecstasy Data
(see 61 new results)
EcstasyData is a project of Erowid Center that conducts laboratory
testing of street ecstasy tablets, research chemicals, and other
drugs, and publishes the results online.
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