💧 Psychedelic legalization unfolds

Welcome back to The Drop In! It’s been a wild July. Between assassination attempts and finding a new presidential candidate, US politics is beginning to take on the characteristics of a Bravo reality TV show. Amidst the chaos, the psychedelic legalization train is continuing down its tracks with no slowing down in sight.

The Reason Foundation recently published a piece about how Proposition 122—the law that legalized psychedelic therapy and decriminalized possession of natural psychedelics—is unfolding in Colorado. It included vivid scenes from the local culture and statistics from law enforcement agencies and hospitals to assess Prop. 122’s impact on public health and societal harm. The data is promising, particularly in light of what went down with Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment.

We highlighted the Reason Foundation’s research in our featured story this week. You can find it below! You can also read about a spiritual influencer who was recently convicted of trafficking followers; the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, trans, and Two-Spirited people; and how to work with salvia blooms in this newsletter. 

And if you want to engage with the community more deeply, this Sunday we are hosting a microdosing workshop on how to make your own, heart-opening mushroom medicine. I will be in conversation with the inimitable Adrian Lozano, the high-vibe plant medicine educator who will be showing us how to create uplifting doses. You can sign up here!

In the meantime, we wish you deep belly laughs and stress-free days.

Mary Carreón
Senior Editor

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Kat Torres, a wellness influencer, has been sentenced to eight years in a Brazilian prison for human trafficking and slavery. She was found guilty of luring a follower from Germany to the US for sexual exploitation.

The Urban Indigenous Collective (UIC) is actively addressing the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, trans, and Two-Spirit people, who face violence at rates up to ten times the national average. Despite the severity of this issue, policy interventions remain scarce.

Love to trip in nature? So do we. It’s like getting a crash course in cosmic wonder and existential philosophy. Here are some of our favorite quotes on the potent relationship between psychedelics and the natural world.

& More Must-Reads

• Siberian singer Snow Raven tells us how she embodies birds, reindeer, and other wild beasts from the Arctic—all in the name of bringing the shamanic sounds of the Sakha people to the world.

• There are few animals as frightening and as fascinating as the snake. So why exactly have we obsessed over them for 70,000 years?

• As plant medicines go "mainstream," we must remember their origin stories. Here is the forgotten history of psychedelics in Africa.

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Learn with Us

🍄 Liberty cap mushrooms cannot be identified by any single feature, meaning all their various identifying features need to be considered together. Here’s our guide to identifying them and their lookalikes.

🔊 Trance music originated primarily in Germany in the ‘90s, and since then, it has branched out into several subgenres. Here are a few of the major categories.

❌ They're slimy. They're smelly. They're covered in fuzz. Here's how to stay away from bunk shrooms.

🌸 Salvia flowers are a naturally occurring, legal psychedelic. Here's what to know about these blooms.

DoubleBlind Digs

Here are today’s recommendations to help you live more psychedelically… 

1. “Where can I get spores?” is one of the top questions we receive at DB. With so many online options, finding a reliable source can be intimidating. Since we launched our How to Grow Mushrooms course 4 years ago, we’ve done a lot of research into spore suppliers to make your lives easier. Our favorite? The lab-grade spores from Spore Vision.* They have a 100% guarantee of sterility, they ship quickly, and they have great customer service. 

2. Watching films with mind-bending visuals, strange environments, and distorted realities can be an incredibly enriching experience. These films can be strange, surreal, and even downright weird. So grab some popcorn, dim the lights, and silence your phone as we guide you through some of our favorite, trippiest movies ever.

3. Transform your space with Teomati Mayan Copal Incense*, handcrafted in allegiance with Ayotuxco, a Hñathö (Otomí) traditional community. Each stick, made with Mayan copal resin, charcoal, and alcohol, burns for over 90 minutes, releasing a sacred smoke perfect for relaxation, cleansing, and contemplation.

4. We’re stacking our microdoses with supportive plant medicines like ashwagandha and cacao, and you can too. Don’t miss our FREE workshop this Sunday, July 28 with Adrian Lozano, plant medicine facilitator and microdose coach. Register here.

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From the Magazine

Amidst cakes and tea, a growing number of people around the world gather to discuss the inevitable

It’s a delicate tango to try and eat a cupcake while a stranger details his father’s suicide. Do I steal a bite during his silent cry? Is it somehow worse to nurse the half-eaten dessert-in-waiting? 

I know from experience that someone’s chewing doesn’t matter much when sharing the story of the worst day of your life. Talking—plus time—is the only cure for grief. 

You get a taste of both at the death café, a kaffeeklatsch dedicated to the inevitable. These informal, salon-style meet-ups sit you in a circle and ask what brought you to talk about death and mortality—that’s it. No lectures. No agendas. They’re free, non-denominational, and have one prescript: there must be cake. Or any sort of goodies, perhaps to make the subject more palatable, the last course to talk our last stages, with tea to wash it all down.

Read the full story by Mariella Rudi in Issue No. 11