Ethnobotany - Psychedelics As a Second Language

Meet the Fireside project App: Your virtual Peer Support Line

Psychedelic experiences are a trip into the unknown and sometimes get out of hand or become too much to decompress or at least on your own.

Fireside Project considered this and created the first app to help us during and after our trips, with over 100 volunteers to provide you with non-clinical emotional support, giving you a compassionate experience filled with knowledge about the psychedelic realms while always protecting your identity without collecting personal data.

The Fireside Project line is open every day from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. PT to everyone in the United States!

Most importantly, it’s free and one click away!

Our field guide to enter the Psychedelic Space

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During my journey of a decade, I’ve met a lot of people who knew about psychedelics, but only a smaller group of people dedicated their lives to educating themselves about these compounds.

When starting your journey, it’s hard to distinguish between the two as every piece of knowledge may seem like a golden nugget. (I assume nowadays it is even more confusing to differentiate the two with the rise of AI tools such as ChatGPT.)

For this reason, we decided to present you with our field guide to let you know what you should do if you are trying to integrate into the psychedelic space.

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Zebrafish might be the future of studying neuroactive compounds

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Fully understanding the mechanisms of action of neuroactive compounds is difficult due to their complexity and polypharmacology. Making single-target drug discovery nearly impossible.

Phenotypic screening was one of the solutions brought by science. However, this method faced historical limitations until recently.

A group of researchers from the University of California found a way to rapidly profile thousands of compounds using larval zebrafish, which share genetics and CNS anatomy with humans, making complex behavioral readouts possible.

Find more here!

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Cannabis and exercise

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Cannabis has been a part of our society for ages. With the legalization of the plant in various states, the words Terpenes, Cannabinoids, and Cannabis have been louder than ever, raising questions about various topics, one of them exercise.

Athletes and workout enthusiasts have recently entered the world of Cannabis to benefit from the muscle relaxation and pain relief effects of the plant. Unfortunately, to those who compete at a professional level, smoking is often not possible. So we might question ourselves, how can I consume Cannabis without smoking it?

To figure out various forms of consumption of the plant and how Cannabis can help athletes or during exercise, tips on how to implement working out into your routine, and what CBD is, we spoke to the molecular biologist and weight-lifter Suat Neven.

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