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<p>re: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://psychedelicscience.org">https://psychedelicscience.org</a>
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<p>It looks like Denver is carving a niche for itself as an early
adopter/investigator in recreational drug normalization. My
younger daughter moved to Denver just about the time they were
holding Marijuana Festivals (meetings) leading up to the
decriminalization which foreshadowed the legalization in CO, and
then many other states falling like dominoes in their wake.</p>
<p>I'm fascinated by but somewhat aloof to the universe of "altered
state" inducements. Aside from mild doses of alcohol and
caffeine, I'm not very practiced in chemical alteration. My
occasional indulgence in various modified ketogenic (including
strict) dietary regimes have made me aware of the
mental/psychological/metabolic differences that food/nutrition
alone can yield. My (mild) practice with mindfulness meditation
is also informative. There was a time when I worked hard(er) to
generate altered states through synthetic sensoria (VR), but as
VR/AR has become more mainstream, I've lost some focus/interest in
that area. Or maybe I'm just getting old.<br>
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<p>I am happy for others who seem able (compelled) to dive deep into
these (apparently) more acute shortcuts to "altered states" and
particularly the "entheogenic" stylizations. Having never really
internalized any theology, this may be it's own mode of wishful
thinking. I don't have my own <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1343182">"Brigham Young" or
"Brigham Old" * </a>to chat with across the brushfire in the
arroyo, for example. So I will continue to watch from the
sidelines. <br>
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<p> I *do* have some minor hope that psychedelics can have a
meaningful play in "healing" traumatic injuries/experiences. I
lost a friend/housemate to suicide just a few years ago after
decades of traditional (and often very invasive) approaches to
trying to recover his "self" after a traumatic brain injury. He
was searching for help/support in the use of psilocybin as a
possible alternative relief/remedy when he finally threw in the
towel. This was not long before Michael Pollan's "how to change
your mind" brought the subject into the mainstream. <br>
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<p>*<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1343182"> It was a Dark and
Stormy Night - Le Guin 1980</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/29/22 8:52 AM, glen wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:41500338-c458-c5ea-8509-77bd7bbb9024@gmail.com">Heh, I
don't even know what I'll be doing next week, much less a year
from now. But it's on the calendar!
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On 4/26/22 12:26, Prof David West wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I am planning to attend and have a
condo/house for the week.
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Hope others might be interested.
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Davew
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