Inside the Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary. Photos by Terry Duncan On Hastings Avenue, five blocks away from the Vancouver Police Museum in Vancouver, Canada, is a conspicuous shop with a day-glo yellow-and-pink sign, boldly announcing the sale of some of the most powerful psychoactive chemicals ever synthesized. Dana Larsen, the owner of the shop—the Coca Leaf Café and … [Read more...] about Psychedelics For Sale: An Interview with the Owner of The ‘World’s Only’ Psychedelic Dispensary
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Bicycle Day: Story behind LSD
Bicycle Day, April 19th, is upon us! This is not to be mistaken with World Bicycle Day, which celebrates the familiar two-wheeled vehicles. Bicycle Day, as psychedelic enthusiasts know, commemorates the day that Albert Hofmann first took a trip from lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). In 1943, due to automobile restrictions during World War II, he experienced its effects while … [Read more...] about Bicycle Day: Story behind LSD
Bad Trips no More: Tips to a Happy and Safe Trip
Photo credit: Nanihta. The ground is unsteady, the world is turning, and something seems horribly off. The regret and dread of a bad trip seeps through the body and it feels as if there’s no way out. For Bernardo Verdiguel-Gillet, an experienced psychedelic user, a recent bad trip proved traumatic. Verdiguel-Gillet started taking LSD when he was in high school and has … [Read more...] about Bad Trips no More: Tips to a Happy and Safe Trip
Have A Good Trip!
Whether you’ve chosen to engage in the phenomenological experience of hallucinogens, are pondering whether or not to partake in such an endeavor, or have it at the top of your “never gonna happen” list, we can all agree on one truth; hearing people’s stories of their psychedelic journeys is almost always an entertaining and amusing … [Read more...] about Have A Good Trip!