Aug. 2023 - Oregon Leaf

THE PSYCHEDELIA ISSUE

Turns out not everything that says Amanita contains Amanita The only way to really know is to have it tested.

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ABOUT THE COVER

This month's incredible cover comes to us from renowned psychedelic artist Chris Dyer. Writes Dyer, "I painted this image in Montreal back in 2001, as a college project. The teacher, Carmelo Blandino, didn't mind the illegal subject matter depicted, as he knew my art style was something unique and it deserved to be encouraged, not censored. He ended up buying the watercolour off me and we've stayed friends. When Leaf Magazines asked me to do the cover for the mag, I felt it was time to revamp this image, as it was neverdone correctly,sincemytechnicalabilitieswerestill growingbackthen. The image, named "Life," depicts an interdimensional creature of life, enjoying the electric blessings of the herb."

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CHRIS DYER, ILLUSTRATION

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Editor’s Note

Thanks for picking up The Psychedelia Issue of the Leaf!

Like Alice in Wonderland falling down the rabbit hole, it feels like society has tripped and awakened into a new age of enlightenment and acceptance for the developing world of psychedelic experiences. This new class of drugs are following the policy road paved by Cannabis – using a combination of science and personal testimonies to advocate for the medicinal and recreational use of natural, plant-based psychedelics and laboratory-derived drugs.

From mushrooms containing psilocybin to ayahuasca in the jungle, the research done via personal experience for decades with shamans and at festivals is shifting to clinical analysis – providing the legal basis for freeing these chemicals and entheogens. It’s all about changing perception, which is ironic given the ego-killing 20,000 foot view of life a good trip provides, and convincing mainstream America that shrooms are more than a hippy escape or the flashback to a bad trip. In a society where we’ve been taught that there’s a pill or doctor for everything, could repackaging mushroom trips into therapy sessions be the missing link?

Oregon is embarking on this journey with the first state-licensed psilocybin producers, therapy centers and facilitators of psychedelic experiences. I had the pleasure of touring Satya in Medford where the first patients have passed through the veil into a legal trip, complete with pre-trip intake analysis, and a reintegration process to take the experience and apply it into lessons for therapeutic healing back in the “real world.”

Whether we are discussing entheogenic drugs like mushrooms, ayahuasca or toad DMT, or looking at laboratory-developed drugs like MDMA, LSD and Ketamine, we are at the bleeding edge of exploration that is finally being allowed. Research that began in the ‘60s and ‘70s and continued under strict hospital conditions at Johns Hopkins, is now happening all over the world. While recreating Cannabis as medicine in the lab was a failure (search Marinol for more), we can learn a lot by isolating and synthesizing the chemicals that make us trip. In the search for acceptance, we must also search to provide experiences that are familiar in normal life – so that our parents, teachers, police officers and veterans can head to a therapy center, take a capsule or ingest a tea, and have the opportunity to experience the world through the lens of a psychedelic experience.

If we really want to change the world, it starts with shedding the ego and the manipulation of mainstream media and governments – returning humanity to a simpler state of mind that rewards connection, community and love for each other. And if we are really going to start with change in America, I recommend a heroic dose for every politician in the country. That’s the true melting pot that a new age of enlightenment can be spawned from.

“WE ARE AT THE BLEEDING EDGE OF EXPLORATION THAT IS FINALLY BEING ALLOWED. ”

DEPUTIES SEIZE $200K WORTH OF DRUGS AT THE GORGE

Thousands of grams of weed, psychedelics such as LSD, and even cocaine were seized in July during two Dead and Company shows at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state. Officials said the street value of all the drugs seized totaled more than $200,000.

"The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said 13 arrests were made by detectives, who conducted nine different investigations."

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said 13 arrests were made by detectives, who conducted nine different investigations, resulting in more than 15 felony drug distribution charges. Dead and Company is a band featuring several former Grateful Dead members.

“Many concert events attract narcotics users, as well as people involved in the distribution of illegal narcotics and controlled substances,” the sheriff’s office claimed on Facebook. “The types of controlled substances seized by law enforcement over the weekend ranged from hallucinogenics (psilocybin mushrooms, LSD), dissociative anesthetics (Ketamine), stimulants (MDMA, MDA, cocaine), and Cannabis.”

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LEGAL CANNABIS HELPS COMPANIES RELAX DRUG TESTING

Businesses are at last cutting back preemployment marijuana testing as a condition for hiring. This happy news comes thanks to increased weed legalization, shifting attitudes and efforts to build more diverse pools of job applicants, reports Bloomberg Law.

Recreational Cannabis use in the work force hit “historic highs” in 2022, according to Quest Diagnostics – one of the largest American drugtesting corporations.

August marked Minnesota becoming the 23rd state, plus D.C., to legalize adult-use Cannabis. Most states, with a few benighted holdouts, now allow some form of medical marijuana.

2

percent or less of a state’s population typically enrolls in a medical Cannabis program.

GERMANY UNVEILS LEGALIZATION BILL

Germany’s Health Ministry has unveiled a bill to legalize adult-use Cannabis, submitting it to officials and the public for review, reports Marijuana Moment.

The legislation would allow adults 18 and older to cultivate three plants for personal use. It would also sort out rules for “social clubs” where they could buy weed.

Officials also plan to introduce a second measure establishing programs for commercial sales in cities throughout the country. No extraction of oils or concentrates from Cannabis are allowed under the measure.

PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKERS FILE LEGALIZATION BILL

A bipartisan duo of Pennsylvania legislators in July introduced a bill to legalize adult-use Cannabis in the Keystone State. Senate Bill 846 was filed by Sen. Dan Laughlin (R) and Sen. Sharif Street (D) on July 6.

“Legalized adult use of marijuana is supported by an overwhelming majority of Pennsylvanians and this legislation accomplishes that while also ensuring safety and social equity,” Laughlin said.

The 224-page bill would allow adults 21 and up to buy and possess up to 30 grams of flower. Registered medical marijuana patients could grow up to five plants for personal use. No recreational home cultivation would be allowed. Pennsylvania legalized medical marijuana in 2016.

MORE THAN 1 MILLION FLORIDA VOTERS WANT LEGALIZATION ON BALLOT

Over a million Floridian voters want to see an adult-use Cannabis legalization measure on the 2024 general election ballot, reports Forbes. The data comes from the Florida Division of Elections.

State officials in June revealed the proposal from Smart & Safe Florida got enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.

With the current count, the initiative has more than 120,000 signatures beyond the 891,000 required.

But it still must pass muster with the Florida Supreme Court, which must determine the measure is limited to a single issue and is not likely to “confuse voters.” The same court has already invalidated legalization bids on two separate occasions in 2021.

GOP RESISTANCE DOOMS MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Opposition from recalcitrant, regressive Republicans in North Carolina has likely doomed a move to legalize medical marijuana in the state this year, reports Marijuana Business Daily Legalization in North Carolina has been considered a long shot, reports the Associated Press. But the North Carolina Senate in March overwhelmingly passed what sponsors called the Compassionate Care Act.

The bill would have allowed patients with one of 15 medical conditions access to smokable flower in a tightly controlled, limited-license market.

But the North Carolina House took no action at all. That is, other than an emotional committee meeting in early June. According to House Speaker Tim Moore, there are too many Republicans who oppose the bill for it to move forward.

Quoted

-Tourist Zach West, visiting Neptune Beach, Florida last month with his mom, who called local police. The sandy, stinky scene revealed several tons of loose, unpacked marijuana washed up on the beach. Police warned the public not to try to pick up the marijuana or take it home, saying it was degraded and rotten.

MIDWEST S.D. POLICE COMMISSION FORGIVES COPS FOR USING CANNABIS

Two law enforcement hopefuls in South Dakota were given forgiveness for past marijuana use by the state police commission in July.

One police officer and one sheriff’s deputy are now eligible for certification. Parkston Officer Kody Beckers had a seven-year-old guilty plea to THC wax possession during his freshman year of college in Minnesota.

A future Roberts County sheriff’s deputy now gets a shot at becoming certified despite using a tribal medical marijuana card, which isn’t recognized by the state. She was treating pain with Cannabis last summer after a surgery.

12

states have medical CBD laws that forbid highTHC marijuana.

19

percent of U.S. adults say they have used Cannabis in the past year.

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states have what Marijuana Policy Project considers effective medical marijuana laws.

percent of U.S. adults approve of recreational pot legalization.

percent of U.S. adults say Cannabis should be legal in some form.

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LIFERS

This is the story of two local brothers who grew up in a family of farmers growing apples and pears, and then decided to take the family skills into the weed scene. Grant and Mitch are the names of these fine fellows who have ties with the California industry through farming – in fact, Grant was even friends with Jack Herer. Stoners through and through, it’s no wonder that Cannabis is in their blood. Back in the medical days, they had a green cross-laden sign in the area called The Green Cross – becoming the rec version now known as Frontier Farms.

TEAM PLAYERS

Collaborations are the game’s name these days and Frontier Farms creates quality alliances with other interesting producers, equating to high-end choices for bargain prices. To name a few, they hit the jackpot with Quantum Alchemy to produce some gorgeous live resin and rosin. Another partnership resulted in some cured resin and live resin with NW Kind. It’s a beautiful thing when you’re able to provide great flower to amazing processors, because you know how it goes: quality in/quality out.

ENERGY FLOW

“The Dalles is awesome. This is a strong community where people take care of each other,” says the shop’s star budtender, Mandy Olsen. She will also tell you that it’s the convergence of energy that produces what they consider to be the most prolific flower in the state. With the high winds and healthy air, being on the edge of the river in the Gorge has a distinct advantage when growing plants. Also, the energetic winds blow in energetic tourists with really cool stories from all areas east.

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dabs

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CARTS

NW Kind Grape Pie - Shane

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EPIC HEALING EUGENE

OPEN DOORS /OPEN MIND

Thousands are signing up for an Oregon trip and it’s not a vacation that they’re after. The nation’s first psilocybin service centers have officially begun opening doors and minds alike, garnering global attention.

But before you book a flight, let’s clear up some common misconceptions. Most important to know, there are no (legal) storefronts or publicly accessible outlets to purchase products. Measure 109 codified a path to psilocybin that requires supervised consumption in licensed facilities. This poses a conundrum for consumers simply looking to score a little fun(gi). Any latterly legalized substance experiences growing pains – but as the waiting lists lengthen, some are left wondering what services look like, who is providing them, and who can afford them.

We visited the nation’s very first licensed psilocybin service center and its supplier to find out.

In Oregon, each service center has been charged with creating its practices and pricing. That means clients seeking services can expect widely varying experiences and costs. At EPIC Healing Eugene, the nation’s first licensed and operating center, Founder and Licensed Facilitator Cathy Jonas explains that she and her team have been hard at work creating a space that’s comfortable and conducive to a safe experience. This comes with challenges, however, as each service center has unique amenities and limitations that may not be suited to every client.

At EPIC Healing, the applicants have already reached the thousands, with online requests pouring in through the center’s website. Jonas explains that the high volume of applicants has forced her to evaluate client selection – a process that is still evolving as the team looks to bring in those that not only meet the state’s health criteria, but also have the most potential to “benefit from sessions.”

“We’re looking for a good fit for people that come to us. Because we’re in a counseling office, loud folks or folks that pace are not the best fit,” explains Jonas. “But people that want to have an inward journey with support – we can make a person as cozy as they need to have a deep journey.”

Finding the right fit isn’t just about the space either. While reviewing applications, she considers each client’s requests and intentions to pair them with a facilitator and service staff that’s best suited.

This field has attracted an array of backgrounds in healthcare and healing services such as facilitators like Olivia Dye and Carly Berinstein – two of the passionate pioneers paving the way for psilocybin therapy.

Like a growing number of their peers, they operate on a contracted basis that allows them to work at various service centers around the state.

It brings a freelance feel with many facilitators advertising individual, flexible services that move between licensed centers.

Olivia Dye is a registered nurse with a background in the ICU who hopes to help healthcare professionals seeking psilocybin services.

“A big goal of ours is to help diminish burnout and help keep our caregivers caring,” says Dye. But first, she has to get them through the door. “It’s important for them to know that we also act under the HIPAA regulations for privacy and keeping client information protected.”

This type of security provides the opportunity to explore without workplace retribution. It’s also the type of comfort that offers anyone without prior experience a safe space to try psilocybin – a demographic that Jonas tells us makes up “most” of the center’s applications. But the state’s requirements for “non-directive” services may leave some wondering what to expect from a psilocybin session.

To better understand, we asked Berinstein how she intends to employ her Master’s in Cognitive Studies and background in trauma-informed healing in a non-directive manner during facilitation.

“When someone is under the influence of psilocybin, the person in the room with them isn’t going to impress upon them their own agenda,” she explained. “It’s not me that’s going to heal someone. We’re here for someone that has decided they’re ready for a change … and they need the support, care and safety, so that their natural process of healing can happen.”

That “natural process of healing” will look very different for everyone.

Everything about each client’s experience will vary – from dosage (up to the state’s 50mg limit), to length (minimums set forth by the state), to setting (the service center), to group size (with a max of 25 clients), and cost (from hundreds to thousands of dollars). But one thing clients can count on is a three-part appointment system. This involves a preparation, administration and (optional) integration session.

While facilitators will agree that preparation and integration are equally important, administration is what people have been waiting for – and Gared Hansen of Uptown Fungus has the goods. He’s EPIC Healing’s primary provider and Oregon’s third licensed psilocybin producer. Touring his facility near Eugene, we learn that he’s been narrowing down varietals for the job. He hopes that labs eventually explore a wider range of mushrooms’ tryptamines, for a deeper understanding of fungal effects and their uses. But for now, he’s sticking to tried and true mushrooms like Golden Teachers and serving them up in a homogenized powder form (in teas or capsules), with whole mushrooms available upon special client request.

Much like mycelium, a system of underground and ancient knowledge has cultivated the fruiting body of psilocybin facilitation that we’re watching bloom in Oregon today. But the modern movement isn’t built to copy the culture it’s rooted in – it’s here to offer an alternative. While facilitators and producers are still settling into a field that many fear, we are nonetheless entering an exciting new wellness era where everyone – from mushroom lovers to mothers – can comfortably seek a chance at services better suited to the higher quality of life they’re searching for.

“PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE AN INWARD JOURNEY WITH SUPPORT

– WE CAN MAKE A PERSON AS COZY AS THEY NEED TO HAVE A DEEP JOURNEY.”

-CATHY JONAS, FOUNDER AND LICENSED FACILITATOR, EPIC HEALING EUGENE

Uptown Fungus’ Gared Hansen

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TUNA CORN SALAD

4 SERVINGS

2 6oz cans of tuna, drained and flaked

12oz bag of frozen corn, defrosted

3 scallions, sliced

½ English cucumber, cut in small pieces

4 fresh basil leaves, shredded juice from ½ lemon

½ cup ranch dressing

4 teaspoons canna-oil

salt and pepper to taste

1. In a medium bowl, combine the tuna, corn, scallion, cucumber and basil.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, dressing and canna-oil.

3. Combine the tuna with the dressing and toss gently. Season with salt and pepper and toss again.

AVOCADO LOVE

2 SERVINGS

1 tablespoon cooking oil

2 corn or flour tortillas

1 cup guacamole, smooth or chunky

2 teaspoons canna-oil

2 eggs, room temperature ¼ cup salsa

1. In a medium saute pan, heat the tablespoon of cooking oil. When hot, saute tortillas until they begin to get golden, turn and repeat.

2. Add the canna-oil to the guacamole and mix well. Spread each tortilla with ½ cup of the avocado mixture.

3. In the same pan, fry each egg until set. Place each egg on the guacamole and top with the salsa. Serve immediately.

HIGH-QUALITY QUESADILLAS

2 SERVINGS

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

4 flour tortillas

2 teaspoons canna-oil

2 cup shredded chicken

The too frequent, impossibly hot days are really pissing me off. There’s no way I’m turning on the oven – I’m keeping it simple and keeping it infused. This time I am infusing with my favorite CBD strain, Wesley’s Wish, from East Fork Cultivars. Their flower is outstanding – so relaxing and tasty. The yogurt bowl is the perfect refreshment on a hot day, and the tuna salad is great for a cool noontime meal – at home or on-the-go. I love putting it in a mason jar to keep all the flavors combined until I’m ready to eat. And no one will stop you from putting it in a pita, if you are so inclined. Finally, the fried egg atop a guacamole-topped tortilla really gives you a spicy zing. And who doesn’t want a zing?!

You’ll probably have to prepare these one at a time. Just keep the first one in a 300 degree oven until the second one is done.

1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed

1 cup shredded cheddar

2 teaspoons chili powder

½ teaspoon kosher salt

½ teaspoon garlic powder

1. In a medium saute pan, heat the olive oil. Place the first tortilla in the pan. Divide the toppings in half and place the chicken, beans and cheddar on the tortilla. Sprinkle with half the spices.

2. Place the top tortilla on the cheddar and cook slowly, 5-7 minutes, on low heat until the cheese is melted. Once the cheese melts, press down slightly on the top of the tortilla and carefully flip. The melted goodness will hold in the fillings.

3. Place finished tortillas in oven and prepare next.

4. When done, cut the quesadilla into wedges and enjoy along with your favorite salsas, hot sauces and condiments.

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DIRTY BIRD

DIRTY BIRD

With the abundance of good herb in Oregon, it’s easy to have a go-to strain for everything. There’s the perfect bud to smoke in your hammock and not annoy the neighbors and an ideal bag of something to roll up on the coast and share with new friends. Then, there's the selection you proudly bring to the sesh – igniting a sense of jar-envy as you showcase your discerning taste in small-batch craft Cannabis.

Nose-tickling

Eastwood’s Dirty Bird is here for just that: Getting your head stash correct and making your friends second-guess their taste in weed. Tearing into these showcase nugs releases a plethora of cologne-thick scents. The aroma here leans toward the savory, but with a complexity and nuance we rarely see from such loud profiles. Nose-tickling black pepper hits first, followed by woodsy cedar, dark chocolate, and the scent of an auto shop on a hot day –think new car, leather, gasoline and tires that haven’t touched the road yet. Best of all, these flavors translate to the palate with each dry hit of the joint … and even more so once lit. It’s no surprise that this selection stands out – it’s directly from the breeder, Mike of Exotic Genetix. With Sunset Sherbet, Biscotti, and Mike’s own Tina and Rainbow Chip in the mix, we might have expected Dirty Bird to taste like a cloying confection. What a pleasant surprise! By selecting a potent and gassy expression, we get all of those delicious dessert flavors over the funky sort of profile growers gravitate toward. As the owner Adam from Eastwood admits, “Getting gifted this plant from the breeder makes the whole thing pretty dope”.

We can expect even more of these significant collaborations and exciting combinations in the not-so-distant future. As Adam explores interesting genetics and potential possibilities, we can look forward to a range of unique hybrids hitting shelves. Particularly the forthcoming Pink Elephante, utilizing Eastwood’s renowned Elephant Ears crossed to a stunning Rainbow Banana gifted by the crew at Echo. With flavors on deck that are sure to be an olfactory delight, rest assured, we’ll stay on top of all the exciting releases – with a judging eye on which jar you brought to the sesh.

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black pepper hits first, followed by woodsy cedar, dark chocolate, and the scent of an auto shop on a hot day.

ICONS ICONS PSYCHEDELIC PSYCHEDELIC

ALBERT HOFMANN

The Swiss chemist who first synthesized LSD while working with the ergot fungus in 1943. After purposefully taking a dose of acid, his historic afternoon bike ride on April 19, 1943 has become a revered psychedelic holiday. The author of “LSD: My Problem Child,” Hofmann believed LSD could be used to increase society’s respect for our place in the natural world.

MARIA SABINA

Posters of the famous mushroom shaman of Mexico still line windows in Oaxaca where Sabina lived until 1985. She famously used mushrooms – which she called “the children” – to cure sick members of her community and communicate with the divine. This ritual, or velada, was reported in LIFE Magazine and was responsible for an explosion of interest in psilocybin research.

ALDOUS & LAURA HUXLEY

Authors of numerous cornerstones of psychedelic literature including “The Doors Of Perception,” “Islands” and “You Are Not The Target” –the Huxleys believed using psychedelics could unlock the secrets of the mind, and perhaps existence. Aldous believed psychedelics help us achieve a spiritual and philosophical experience that has benefits for everyone. Laura – a self-described "restrained investigator of LSD" – believed acid and mescaline could help you navigate the heavy jungles of the human mind. In 1963, she helped her husband pass peacefully, administering 100 micrograms of LSD to him on his deathbed to ease his journey.

TERENCE MCKENNA

He’s been called a mystic, ethnobotanist, pioneer, and even “the Timothy Leary of the ‘90s.” Throughout McKenna’s travels in Jerusalem, Mexico and Nepal, he experimented using plant-based psychedelics to increase the spiritual connection to a combined consciousness. In 1976, he and his brother wrote “Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide” outlining spore cultivation techniques for the home enthusiast.

TIMOTHY LEARY

Referred to as the “father of the psychedelic movement” of the '60s, Leary was a psychologist who studied psychedelics and personality at Berkeley and as a faculty member at Harvard. He inspired young people everywhere to experiment with acid. Famous for the phrase "tune in, turn on, drop out" – he co-founded the Harvard Psilocybin Project and the League for Spiritual Discovery. President Richard Nixon called him "the most dangerous man in America."

RICHARD ALPERT (RAM DASS)

A researcher at Harvard who was fired in 1962 for giving psychedelics to his undergraduate students, Alpert worked with Timothy Leary to found the infamous Millbrook Commune – aka the League for Spiritual Discovery. Later, he’d journey to India and be renamed Baba Ram Dass by a guru, before returning to become a spiritual leader and write the influential book “Be Here Now.”

ALFRED M. HUBBARD

ANN & ALEXANDER “SASHA” SHULGIN

Together, this husband and wife team created and tested over 200 psychoactive compounds in their home laboratory. The process was documented in their 1991 book “Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved” and its follow-up “Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved” – commonly referred to as “PiHKAL” and “TiHKAL.” While not the inventor, Alexander’s work introducing MDMA throughout the ‘70s and ‘90s earned him the nickname “The Godfather of Ecstacy.”

HUNTER S. THOMPSON

Author, journalist and psychonaut who defined the literary style we now call “Gonzo.” Throughout his career, Thompson notoriously supplied the first psychedelic dose to influential artists, writers, actors … and even Hells Angels. He often used psychedelics to invite the unknown to write his next paragraph. “As for LSD, I highly recommend it. The feeling it produces is hard to describe. 'Intensity' is a fair word for it."

AUGUSTUS OWSLEY STANLEY III

“Clandestine chemist” is the best way to describe this pivotal figure in the ‘60s psychedelic scene. It was his talent for manufacturing acid that helped iconify the Monterey Pop Festival and fueled the Merry Pranksters’ Acid Tests. The Oxford English dictionary defines Owsley as a noun for a particularly pure form of LSD.

KEN KESEY

PAUL STAMETS

Over the last 40 years, Stamets has become one of the most famous mycologists of our time – spreading the message that mushrooms have the power to save the world. His stance that psilocybin mushrooms are a non-addictive, life-changing substance has helped him discover new types of hallucinogenic fungi and even inspired a character in “Star Trek.”

The Johnny Appleseed of LSD, it’s estimated that Hubbard dosed six thousand people between 1951-1966. Hubbard wanted to change the world by dosing influential and prominent figures in society. Using LSD he obtained from Hofmann himself, Hubbard preached the key importance of “set and setting” during an acid session and felt promoting psychedelic therapy was his angelic calling.

After volunteering in a 1959 government program that studied the effects of psilocybin, amphetamine, LSD and other psychoactive drugs, Kesey used the experience to write “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” With his group of Merry Pranksters, he sought to defy conformity and promote psychedelic discovery. Their exploits were documented in Tom Wolfe’s novel “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.” (For more on Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, check out this month’s Cannthropology).

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THE BINDLE CONSPIRACY

Luke started The Bindle Conspiracy in 2016 after exploring Europe, Southeast Asia and Central America, then driving his van across the United States, Mexico and Canada. “A few things sparked my interest as potential careers while I was traveling,” he explained, “but really one thing stayed constant for me: my love for clothing.” So, he decided to learn how to make it from scratch and has been cutting and sewing every single piece by hand since. Currently based out of Boulder, Colorado, his one-of-a-kind wearables feature fun fabrics, trippy textures and playful patchwork. thebindleconspiracy.com | @thebindleconspiracy

KILLER ACID

Rob Corradetti has been making art for over 25 years and launched Killer Acid in 2010, which specializes in screen prints, t-shirts and psychedelic accessories. While the brand is based out of Santa Cruz, California, Rob’s style blends “head shop and punk rock” inspired by the technicolor coming-of-age in New York City – full of cartoon characters, bright colors and subtle references to classic art. So far, Killer Acid has done some killer collaborations with brands like Meow Wolf, Zumiez, VICE, Adult Swim and Santa Cruz Skateboards. killeracid.com | @killeracid

BROKEN PROMISES CO.

Founded by Mandee Bence and Jason Blake, Broken Promises Co. is “rooted in the expression of human emotions, with products that allow people to express their feelings by wearing them when sometimes itʼs hard to talk about how you feel.” Based out of Southern California, the brand has its own app where it drops an exclusive new collection every Saturday morning and has collaborated on capsules with Hot Wheels, Beetlejuice, Mountain Dew, Death Note and others. brokenpromises.com |@brokenpromisesco

A ROUNDUP OF ARTISTS AND CLOTHING BRANDS MAKING THE MOST WONDERFUL WEARABLES FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP.

SKULLY VIBES

Skully Vibes has been making art his whole life but started drawing skull characters in high school. He continued to evolve his spooky-stoney style, and the Skully Vibes brand was officially born in 2021 with a passion project called Smoking Skulls – a collection of 710 different hand-drawn skull characters with a poem to go with each one. Now, the skulls are a staple throughout his multimedia art including prints, stickers and t-shirts –each embroidered to order in Denver.skullyvibes.com @skully.vibes

GRASSROOTS CALIFORNIA

Grassroots began making hats for a documentary film in 2009 and has since hooked up artists like Method Man, Jerry Garcia and Griz with the headiest headpieces. They’re known for their signature holograms and designs on the interior of the hats, made with environmentally-friendly materials such as hemp. The company donates 1% of all sales to charity and has done limited-time collections with psychedelic artists such as Vincent Gordon and The Frank Brothers. grassrootscalifornia.com @grassrootscalifornia

Michelle started Wook Wear a couple of years ago to create stash bags for all her friends, specializing in “prizedpossession pouches” that are perfect for terp pearls or marbles. She designs her own patterns, cutting and sewing everything from scratch by hand, and says she “loves making insulated bags for hash or your favorite glass and psychedelic supplies – just about anything you can dream of!” Don’t miss the drops on her Instagram at 4:20 p.m. on #wookwearwednesdays. @wook.wear

STRAIGHT TRIPPIN CO.

Armed with his friend's printing press and his mom's old embroidery machine, Tyler started Straight Trippin Co. in 2021. Today, he makes shirts, hats and beanies that are each dyed and embroidered by hand in Austin, Texas. He draws inspiration from his own psychedelic experiences and says he started the brand to “challenge the prevailing stigma associated with substances often frowned upon in society.” straighttrippinco.etsy.com | @straighttrippinco

SHELTER CULTIVATION PROJECT

The Shelter Cultivation Project is an experimental retail space and apparel brand in Burlington, Vermont featuring zines, clothing, artwork and home goods by a collection of makers. Founder Shawn Dumont says, “This is really just a weird art experiment, and we only make something new when we have an idea worth pursuing or find an artist that we really want to work with.” Shelter has done a few group gallery shows, created a toll-free hotline for talking to exotic plants (give it a call at 1-844-Plant-Talks), and recently held a concert with Michael Nau and Benny Yurco. sheltercultivationproject.com | @sheltercultivationproject

Many people believe that when we consume psychedelic entheogenic medicines, we tap into both an inner space as well as an interdimensional, shapeless plane of existence too vast and complex for us to describe or define with our limited human capabilities. Through his art, Chris Dyer attempts to give a physical, visual form to concepts, beings and feelings conjured to his mind in part from his many experiences as a spiritual psychonaut. We had the chance to tap in with the Canadian-Peruvian skateboarder and psychedelic visionary to learn more about his life, his artistic process, and what he’s seen and felt during his many experiences with various journey-inducing substances all over the world.

ON THE INFLUENCE HIS PERUVIAN UPBRINGING HAD ON WHO HE’S BECOME:

Peru’s tricky. When people think of Peru, it's like, ‘Oh, it's so beautiful with the llamas running around the mountains and the ruins and the Incas, and then you go to the jungle and you drink ayahuasca – la la la.’ But no, for me, growing up in the ‘80s and the ‘90s in Lima, Peru was terrorism and blackouts and getting mugged four times a year for being white. I went to an all-boys school, so it's just like hyper-masculine scenarios where everyone's fighting over power, and me being a sensitive artist, I had to build a bunch of armors to protect myself from getting too energetically robbed. It gave me a lot of challenges that I've had to work through in my life. I'm better now, but I recognize where the wounds started.

ON THE INTERCONNECTED EXPERIENCES AND VISIONS REFLECTED

IN TRIBAL ART THROUGHOUT

GLOBAL HISTORY:

Cultures around the world somehow had access to the portals that take you to … the same center of creation, and it comes out and it manifests as a head in Mexico, or a carving in Nepal, or some motifs on textiles in Peru. This tribal artwork

from ancient times, they were all tapping to the same place. And I'm tapping to the same place. Yes, I am Peruvian and I grew with a certain influence, but I've also traveled to 45 different countries around the world and observed the similarities. Then I go into that place of oneness and try to understand what these interdimensional consciousness beings are and what they're trying to tell us, and how they're trying to help humanity throughout time. They're in a place past time, so they're just waiting for us there. In that other dimension, they exist. If I were to go into an Ayahuasca ceremony today, I’d tap into that place. It's the same exact time and place –since it's timeless – that the pre-Inca cultures tapped into, and many other cultures around the world.

ON

THE

EXPERIENCE OF AYAHUASCA:

When I'm there, I'm like, ‘What the fuck's going on here? What is this place? Is it alien? Is it collective consciousness? Is this an aspect of God? Is this God itself?’

A couple weeks ago, I did my 45th ceremony in Willow Creek – I was sitting in the other dimension for a few hours just observing it and letting it teach me how to fix my own corrupt coding so that I can shine more and help empower others to shine more. And thus, together we shine together and create a flame of

humanity that is so strong that we'll break through the darkness that's trying to hold us down as a humanity. … What is this fractal consciousness reality that feels like many souls in one, that wants to help me and wants to help us? It's almost like the elders are cheering us from the place before and after life. That's where I go with Aya.

ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AYAHUASCA AND OTHER ENTHEOGENIC MEDICINES:

When I did Bufo, I went somewhere else. Bufo took me to a white place where I wasn't even there anymore. And thus, I don't have many memories of it. There wasn't even a ‘Chris’ left to observe because I had dissolved into everything-slash-nothingness, and there's a subconscious part of me that remembers that place of expansion in my dreams. positivecreations.ca | @chris_dyer

With mushrooms, you can get to that place that Aya takes you, but you gotta take like, a lot of mushrooms. … I think all of these medicines open different portals, and really, once the portal's open, those places are so big it makes the physical plane that we live in – with our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, the universe – look small compared to the astral plane where there's no up and down and it just goes on into infinity or eternity. Once you're there, it seems like that's the real place and this is the fake little video game that we play to kind of experience physical reality, and this array of human emotions and pain and joy. In the end, we're from beyond, and these places that we go through these medicines are closer to our real self. I would say our true, pure, real self is what we understand to be God –that oneness, the absolute energy of love and expansion. But that's just my personal belief.

“What is this fractal consciousnessreality thatfeelslikemany soulsinone,that wantstohelpmeand wantstohelpus?It's almost like the elders arecheeringusfrom theplacebefore and after life.”

"NATARAJA SHIVA"

"GOLDEN BOY, LET IT GO."

"PACHAMAGO"

"THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION"

"MURAL AT MENDOJA FARMS"

MUSHROOM METHODOLOGY

MUSHROOM METHODOLOGY

Pioneers fearlessly plant flags in uncharted territory. By that definition, Dan Huson and Bjorn Fritzsche of Rose City Labs are pioneering the future of psilocybin mushroom testing.

Huson was one of the first to start a Cannabis testing laboratory in Oregon –where he initially connected with Fritzsche, a German born and educated chemist.

“I started Rose City by myself back in 2011, and then eventually started hiring people,” Huson said.

“Bjorn was one of the first, and it was pretty cool watching the way his brain worked – developing different types of testing and further legitimizing the testing we were doing.”

Fritzsche became known for adding dashes of whimsy to Huson’s expertise in the lab, with his penchant for building robots and sharing cat videos further endearing him to the intrepid team at Rose City – a group on the tip of the spear in those early days of Cannabis legalization, getting licensed with the state in 2013 and earning accreditation in tandem with the launch of Oregon’s adult-use market in 2016.

Inside the groundbreaking work being performed at the psilocybin testing facilities of Rose City Labs in Portland.

decriminalized in a handful of micronized pockets of the world and is intensely prohibited everywhere else. Huson is one of those rare people.

bis space – the ability to develop something new, the ability to do something that hasn’t been done at scale before.”

A trailblazing plant medicine advocate, Huson saw it as a natural development to add psilocybin mushroom testing to his list of state-licensed services.

“I’ve been testing mushrooms for a while,” Huson said. “I love natural medicines, and I think that the government telling us what we can and cannot use to treat ourselves – whether it comes from the Earth or not – is not acceptable. They believe it has to come from a chemical in Western medicine, and I don’t believe so. Chinese and other medicines have been going for eons. I’ve always believed in it.” It takes a rare person to stand before the government and insist that they be allowed to develop a legal, licensed testing lab for something that is only

“When I’m passionate about something like I am about alternative medicines, it’s just a no-brainer,” Huson said. “We’re going for it, and we’re going to just do it and be the first. I love the challenge. I’ve actually been flying airplanes since I was 13 years old, so I’ve been dealing with the federal government and inspectors and all that stuff my whole life.”

The only thing he’s been doing longer, Huson adds, is smoking pot.

When it came time to enter the realm of mushroom testing, Huson reconnected with his former lab director, Fritzsche, and brought him on as his Senior Research and Development Chemist.

“Basically, part of the reason why I came back here is because it felt like the next frontier,” Fritzsche said. “I really enjoyed the early days of the Canna-

The two put in the work to develop testing methodologies that will act as a baseline for this emerging industry.

“Anytime I’m like – ‘Hey, I want to add this test, make it happen’ – he’ll do the research and come back and go: ‘OK, no problem’ or ‘Hey, you can’t really do that.’”

And thus, Fritzsche developed the lab’s testing methodologies for psilocybin and psilocin in Psilocybe Cubensis mushrooms using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) lab technology, and Rose City became the first state-licensed psychedelic mushroom testing facility in the country.

“I do the research, see if it’s feasible to do, determine what equipment is needed, determine

Zachary Huson, Sales Manager, shows off a handful of Southwest Pink Buffalo mushrooms, containing psilocybin.

what standards and analytes are needed, and then develop the method, get the equipment to operate properly, make sure that we’re producing numbers that are making sense, and eventually run multiple days of quality-control tests on the developed methods – then give all that data to the State so that they can accredit us and we can show the State that what we’re doing works and is precise, accurate and repeatable,” he explained.

When conducting research to find a baseline for testing psilocybin and psilocin, the two primary necessary analytes in Psilocybe Cubensis, Fritzsche found one of the only existing methodologies in an unexpected – or perhaps expected – place.

“One of the few published methodologies that was already used for testing mushrooms was from the DEA,” Fritzsche said. “That’s actually what they do for prosecuting. It wasn’t a very good method, and it was definitely not applicable to a production laboratory like us, where it has to work every day multiple times. There cannot be room for easy mistakes. It has to be a robust method.”

Fritzsche used his history running analytics and state-of-the-art Cannabis extraction laboratories and applied it to his shroom work.

They started with white button mushrooms, which they injected with pure psilocin before testing. Then they “magically obtained some real ones,” Fritzsche said, in order to conduct repeated tests and ensure that their results were within expected ranges.

“Then it came down to just making the whole thing as robust as possible, so that I don’t have to run the test always myself, but we can have lab techs do this – depending on how much scale this will reach,” Fritzsche said. “And then it was a matter of validating the whole methodology, showing the State that, yes, we can really do this, this really works. Since there was no published method, we had to give them a bunch of data points. … All this gets tied into a nice big data packet and emailed to the State.”

Eureka, they were accredited under Oregon Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program. Huson, Fritzsche and the team at Rose City currently not only test for potency, but for potential contaminants – similar to what’s done in Cannabis. But while their lab and team in Portland are equipped and able to test for safety and potency for any drug available on the market, Rose City can only accept Cannabis and Psilocybe Cubensis mushroom products from state-licensed producers. That, Huson says, is a shortfall of the program.

They started with white button mushrooms, which they injected with pure psilocin before testing. Then they “magically obtained some real ones,” Fritzsche said, in order to conduct repeated tests and ensure that their results were within expected ranges.

“Basically, because I’m a licensed OLCC marijuana laboratory, and I’m now a licensed Oregon Health Authority Laboratory, I’m not even allowed to use the test strips or anything like the bars are,” Huson said. “I’m not allowed to because I have marijuana on the premises and I have psilocybin on the premises, and I’m like, ‘Oh, so a bar can do it, but a laboratory can’t. … Wow.’”

Huson and Fritzsche hope policy starts to reflect the safety needs of a public that is increasingly comfortable with and interested in plant-based recreational and medicinal substances. In the meantime, there are labs that aren’t licensed by the state that will run safety and potency tests for concerned consumers.

“Every consumer of products has the right to know what is in them,” Huson said. “So, if you buy something and think it’s not working or whatever – send it to a laboratory. A laboratory can analyze it for you and tell you if what you’re buying is legitimate or not.”

ROSE CITY LABS ROSE CITY LABS

THE TEAM | Tyler Byrne, senior laboratory technician, Dan Huson, laboratory owner and CEO, Brytney Young, laboratory technician, Anand Carpenter-Shrestha, microbiology chemist and laboratory technician, Bjorn Fritzsche, senior chemist, and Joel Noble, microbiology director.

Mushrooms containing psilocybin are transferred and diluted into sample vials after undergoing a homogenization process. rosecitylabs.com | @rosecitylabs

Trippy Treatment Trippy Treatment

Satya Therapeutics is cultivating new and innovative psilocybin therapy treatments

Building on thousands of years of indigenous use and decades of clinical and individual studies, Oregon has inoculated a growing new industry of cultivators, service centers and facilitators to provide psilocybin therapy to any adult willing to take the journey. The first patients began seeing facilitators at service centers this summer, ushering in an entirely new era of care in a state that is leading the way in modern drug policy.

OPENING DOORS

Tucked around back in a main street medical park with a plastic surgeon neighbor and the occasional deer nibbling on decorative outdoor plants, there is a door with a small sign noting Psilocybin Service Center that’s a threshold of destiny for those seeking therapy.

Inside the glass door is a tastefully-decorated and mood-lit lobby and reception area, complete with shades blocking outside views and multiple mushroom themed pieces of flair. Even the bathroom is battery-candlelit, and comes with a cover for the mirror when patients need to use the facilities during an experience. It feels comfortable, trustworthy and professional – which embodies the vision co-founders and married partners, Jennifer and Andreas Met, had when they developed Satya.

“We’re the ambassadors of this industry. As one of the first of six service centers and one of the few to have facilitated an experience [at time of print], we’re all trying to navigate the regulations and maintain a level of professionalism, safety and integrity,” Jennifer shared. “We’re here with the excitement of legalizing to assist individuals that are seeking healing through a different space, a different set and setting.”

Another progressive aspect to the program is the requirement that all three areas of the business (growing, facilitating and service centers) must have a social equity plan, and demonstrate evidence of action during renewal each year. This can be in the form of discounted or free service center fees, a Psilocybin Access Fund to donate medicine to, or discounted/free facilitation for qualifying patients.

“We want this plant medicine – this mycelium – to grow. That’s why we are doing this. We recognize living in a society that is not being healed and that this is an option for whole health, and we want to make it accessible to everyone,” Jennifer explained passionately. “I feel as though our life experience and career choices and changes brought us to this special moment as spiritual beings on this spiritual journey.”

FARMING FUNGI

The Mets live on a small, sustainable, permaculture farm in the Medford area – keeping themselves busy tending to 40 varieties of fruit trees, chickens, ducks, coy fish and several beloved fur babies. They’ve lived in Spain and

Africa – where they consulted to help build a Cannabis program – and traveled extensively in search of psychedelic experiences. With Jennifer’s background as a special education teacher and yoga instructor, and Andreas’ corporate and Cannabis success stories, the two were ready when the idea of growing psychedelic mushrooms legally came up. This was 2020 – before the ballot measure, the lockdown was about to hit – and Andreas was running a major Oregon Cannabis company called Halo.

“I started doing research about Johns Hopkins end-of-life psilocybin studies, which showed terminal cancer patients going in for a session and coming out having lost their fear of death. I believed that, so I went to my board of directors, told them that I saw mushrooms becoming legal in the future, and that I was going to leave the company to work in that field,” Andreas explained.

He’d finally had enough, so the couple set out to learn how to grow mushrooms, starting with gourmets.

They produced Lion’s Mane, Oysters, King Oysters and others, learning the process and sharing the fruits of their labor. There’s a huge demand for gourmet and medicinal mushrooms in America, but the Mets quickly realized that demand for legal psychedelics was going to build slowly. At the time of our interview, Andreas had only sold 28 grams of product and temporarily shuttered his grow to wait for demand to build. He keeps his tested and finished products in

cold storage – with strain names and batch numbers similar to how Cannabis is stored at a production facility – waiting to be transferred to a service center and prepared for an experience.

“People are having profound experiences with the mushrooms we grew. We had a patient come in with the intention and goal to get rid of brain injury and vertigo, and the person looked 15 years younger when they came out,” Andreas said excitedly. “It happens a lot, where a weight is lifted off the shoulders. And if it provides relief for a month, that’s a lot better than alternatives – and there’s a pathway back. You can always do more mushrooms. People come out of sessions and give me a hug and say, ‘I love you, thank you for making this available.’”

As testing for potency and new strains of mushrooms are explored, so will the variety and demand for different experiences and results – something the Mets hope will drive a cottage industry of mushroom producers.

With some mushrooms providing vibrant colorful trips, and others sending the mind into processing and reflection mode – with even the names themselves conveying values like Albino Penis Envy or Golden Teachers – the wide world of mushrooms holds a plethora of secrets and applications that will be unlocked through clinical application and waves of data. For now, the tote bins and sterilized grains wait in storage – the humble tools of a trade that will literally reshape minds.

FINDING VALUE

While most older Americans associate psychedelics with the hippie movement of the ‘60s and ‘70s, younger generations of psychonauts (psychedelic explorers) have been using mushrooms for everything – from microdosing at work to vibing at festivals and heroic basement trips. And while those of a certain ilk or community might feel comfortable taking MDMA gummies from a stranger’s fanny pack, most patients looking for a therapeutic trip are not aiming to score street drugs.

“I believe in Western and Eastern medicine, and that new psychedelic users want to be under the care of someone who has studied to provide proper set and setting – which is what drove Andreas and I to do this,” said Jennifer.

To become a licensed facilitator takes a minimum of 160 hours of classroom and practical experience, covering areas including psychedelic history and traditions, social equity, ethics, administration (preparing and providing the mushrooms) and screening. Additionally, the process of screening and preparation takes multiple hours, including discussion of goals and traumas. It’s not a quick trip to the mushroom portion – there’s a process that includes the pre-trip and the post-trip (called integration). This is where the facilitator discusses the trip with the patient, helps them identify areas of growth, mental changes, or other areas of enlightenment. Patients are then given a list of counselors, therapists and doctors who are psychedelic friendly, to continue their therapy post trip.

“An analogy for after the ceremony ends (from the curriculum), is that psilocybin is like taking the helicopter to the top of the mountain of the mind: You can have brilliant insights, but you didn’t put in the hard work to get up the mountain,” Matthew explained. “It’s very easy to lose the impact of that experience – and while we aren’t licensed therapists – we work to help the patient take the insights from the experience and learn how to apply them in day-to-day life, and set them up for success with an outside therapist.”

This is the value of visiting a service center: the privacy, the intake process of screening, the safe trip in a comfortable environment, and knowing that the mushrooms were grown and prepared by professionals. And once the experience is over, the processing help and recommendations to in-network providers round out the experience. These are the elements that cannot happen within recreational experiences – and justify the value of pricing in the $2,000-$3,000 range. But even that will come down, with the Met’s goal for each session to be $750-$1,000 all in – very reasonable given the time, energy and regulatory hurdles companies have to face to provide the psilocybin experience.

“Psilocybin is like a beacon of light for those seeking help and relief. We need to not view this as the cure-all, but frame it as a tool to help. When people prepare and set intentions, and use the insights to change their lives – just like Cannabis – this doesn’t cure them, but it provides relief,” Andreas said. “I truly believe we are doing this in the patient’s best interest – creating a space to help people, so that the mushrooms can be the teachers on each journey.”

“WE'RE HERE WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF LEGALIZING TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SEEKING HEALING THROUGH A DIFFERENT SPACE, A DIFFERENT SET AND SETTING.”

-JENNIFER MET

& ANDREAS MET

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PEEK INTO SOMEONE’S FRIDGE, AND YOU GLIMPSE THEIR SOUL. Because what one chooses to store in the crib’s chilliest place provides clues to those with inspective impulses while grabbing a glass of water. Are there indications of plans for the unexpected (or expected) Armageddon, or is it a bare bones, protein shake and salad with raspberry vinegarette affair?

Food lends definition to our existence. And what we choose to stock in the container of cool mirrors our personality. This inventory often reflects how we manage our bodies, entertain people, and what we stand for as members of society.

And the volume speaks volumes.

For instance, if you find frozen Salisbury steak television-ready dinners amassed on the freezer shelves, chances are good that the person bathes at least once a week – whether he needs it or not. If the veggies appear visibly abundant and there’s oat milk and faux meat, she most likely keeps a yoga mat close by. And if a tub of Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream and leftover Domino’s pizza is evident, then it’s obvious they are a stoner. However, some may find that contradictory because a stoner probably wouldn’t have any Ben and Jerry’s ice cream left. So, let’s pretend they just made a grocery run.

And by the way, the Cap’n Crunch that sits on top of the refrigerator does indeed deserve inclusion.

It’s almost like the refrigerator is your butler. It stands ready at the guard; you chat with it. You audit the innards and shuffle the contents accordingly.

Its interior reflects a calendar of sorts, most items categorized by preference while others stay static – the capers, the horseradish, the sauce you took a chance on –accessibility based upon frequency.

This cold cache is an indirect barometer of your success. It’s important that you’re content with the contents.

And it’s where you stash your quality dabs. Right next to the Devil’s lettuce.

Team Rider: Riley Willey