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  2. Posted

    On 06/12/2020 at 6:44 PM, etherealdrifter said:

    yeah lets not confuse each other. Gate C, Tacoma pavilion , RMBG, wear the white carnation on your lapel and the secret word is boofing

     

    They say the way to a man’s heart is though his stomach. I say, aim lower. :innocent_n:

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  6. Posted

    Yeah @Northerner I saw that too :BANGHEAD2:.

     

    Well, I remembered to put a short recommendation in to the TGA in favour of getting CBD scheduled as a pharmacy-only medicine. I know it’s not a huge thing, but it would help with public attitudes I think, as well as being really helpful for the conditions CND can help alleviate. 
     

     

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    INQUIRY INTO THE USE OF CANNABIS IN VICTORIA

    Terms of Reference

    On 30 May 2019, the Legislative Council agreed to the following motion:

    That this house, requires the Legal and Social Issues Committee to inquire into, consider and report, by no later than 2 March 2020, into the best means to — 

    1. prevent young people and children from accessing and using cannabis in Victoria;
    2. protect public health and public safety in relation to the use of cannabis in Victoria;
    3. implement health education campaigns and programs to ensure children and young people are aware of the dangers of drug use, in particular, cannabis use;
    4. prevent criminal activity relating to the illegal cannabis trade in Victoria;
    5. assess the health, mental health, and social impacts of cannabis use on people who use cannabis, their families and carers;


    and further requires the Committee to assess models from international jurisdictions that have been successful in achieving these outcomes and consider how they may be adapted for Victoria.


    https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/lsic-lc/article/4259

     

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  9. Posted

    https://www.tga.gov.au/consultation-invitation/consultation-proposed-amendments-poisons-standard-joint-acmsaccs-meetings-june-2020
    ping @Responsible Choice! 
     

    Submissions are open with the TGA for potentially downgrading the schedule for prescription cannabidiol (CBD) from a doctor at Schedule 4 to Pharmacy-only with no prescription needed (after a conversation with the pharmacist).
     

    I hope ppl will consider making a submission for this - not the main game, but progress nonetheless. 

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  11. Posted

    Should we set up a room in Jitsi or something, just to talk shit? Not very discreet, especially if you want to maintain separation  between your secret SAB identity and your Clarke Kent normie life. But I’d probably go for it anyway. 

  12. Posted · Edited by Yeti101

    Just thought I’d get in early to say that I might be after some sub prints for microscopy once they are available as the weather cools. Ideally, I could acquire them myself, but can’t count on that with the way things are going where I am - hence the contingency. Can pay cash (assuming I’m not broke in the future, lol) or trade seeds (will have to double-check: I’m sure I have some MG and at least one trich cross I did a few years back, plus random other cacti and acacias). 

     

    Edit: I'm sorted now, thanks (you know who you are)! Still other people on the lookout for prints though, so maybe throw a little love their way. 

  13. Posted

    The Melbourne calendar has lots of opportunities for meet ups between now & June. The psychedelic society is doing stuff for Bicycle Day on April 19 and are running a mushroom day at Belgrave on May 23. EGA has Garden States at Springvale on May 9. 

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  14. Posted

    Haven’t seen those, but the trombochino seedlings I got from there are good for a laugh if you let their fruit get big - kind of like a metre long butternut squash (but not as tasty which is why it’s better to eat them when they’re  little). 

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  15. Posted

    FB and it’s lack of ability (or desire) to catch people is not helpful. I help mod a group there and if it’s not some naive but desperate person asking for psychedelics it’s some random claiming to sell them. Even independently of that, I don’t think FB brings out the best in people. 
     

    As for the influx, psychedelics are a big, big thing. Like the ‘next big thing’, bigger than cannabis stocks, complete with breathless articles in Forbes about making money from pharmaceutical psychedelics There was an article in the Motley Fool about making 1000% ROI, I shit you not. It’s not quite at the level of peak crypto hype, but you can see it coming. 
     

    And that’s just the corporate money side.
     

    Lots of folks have heard about shrooms being good for depression etc. That, and I reckon a lot of people are as bored as shit and just want to experience something that feels like it means something. Combine that with a life of pretend instant (or is it Insta) gratification, and people can get pretty impatient. 
     

    Like @waterboy 2.0 says, be firm, tell people how it is around here and smash that mf’ing report button if you have to. 

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    An icy ghost hand around my heart curl’d
    a pit of gravity in my stomach
    that cold sadness I have no true name for

     

    My quantified desires lubricate 
    the slick silicon nictating membrane 
    of the eye that watches me and knows all 

     

    (but understands naught of my inner life)

     

    When the whole world’s your grave someone’s always
    walking over it (chasing Pokémon) 
    Will they sing the new day in for us now?


    Still, on a few days and even more nights
    I can feel the old blood humming in me
    Memories or fantasies? Matters not.

     

    Either way, it shines in me ‘til I’m blind:
    Bear-sarked skin-changer raging against death
    Predator of night. Sword of the morning!

     

    And I recall my actual youth when
    I took the Orca as my totem and
    the sea-wolf kept me safe from teeth and deep

     

    (Remember; the ghost-dance is rebellion)

     

    Against good sense, and even existence
    I rebel. And in rebelling, I see:
    I am my pain, my joy. I AM my fear

     

    I see the icy hand is mine! And I
    reach into my chest and tear out
    my traitorous weak and cowardly heart

     

    And I dash it on the ground, stamping hard
    Life goes on, for a while, until next time
    Life: a moment. An instant: infinite
     

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  22. Posted

    I've come across this group via Facebook - Thank You Plant Medicine. They are looking to coordinate a campaign of people talking publicly about their use of psychedelics and other psychoactive plants & fungi. From their website:

     

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    Our mission is to raise global awareness about the benefits of entheogenic plant medicines such as psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, cannabis, peyote, huachuma, and iboga, as well as psychedelic-assisted therapy with MDMA and LSD. We are preparing a viral gratitude campaign to draw the attention of the mainstream media - on February 20th , 2020, 100,000+ people will “come out” on social media worldwide with their stories of personal healing and transformation, using the hashtag #ThankYouPlantMedicine.

     

    https://thankyouplantmedicine.com/

     

    Now, I know talking publicly about taking this stuff isn't for everyone. Nor is being on social media. Combine the two, and I imagine that's a bit much for a lot of people. But if you're in a position to contribute to this, I think it would be a good thing. Raising awareness and breaking stereotypes is a good thing. For what it's worth, I'm considering what I'd say openly, and am probably going to overthink it. 

     

    They've got a fair list of organisations partnering with them too: Chacruna.net, ICEERS, Third Wave, and a stack of psychedelic societies - including the Australian one. What they seem to be missing is much engagement from the cannabis communities. Given the issues we have with medicinal cannabis access in Australia, I would have thought this was obvious common ground, but I'm not sure what they've done to reach out.  


    I honestly don't know if this campaign will really go anywhere, or if they'll even reach their targets. But I appreciate that they are having a go.

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  24. Posted · Edited by Yeti101

    I was just thinking that in Australia at least, a lot of the original story has it backwards, or doesn’t show the whole picture. 

     

    When I was growing up, I was the kid who lived on the farm. When I was first in high school (year 7-8 I think) I was convinced I was poor compared to the kids who lived in suburbia. Even the housing commission kids had more designer clothes than I did. It wasn’t until I was older that I realised a working farm that we owned outright was worth more money than a house in the burbs and a bunch of consumer crap. 
     

    That’s not to take away from @Micromegas‘s analysis (I think there’s something to that but will need to go and have a think before addressing it directly), just that such parables leave out the reality of wealth in some urban/rural divides. 

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  25. Posted · Edited by Yeti101
    Idiocy

    87F6903E-639C-4C08-8FBB-600248BD57E7.jpegNot sure if the prints are still available (will pm you @spooge), but this place as given me a lot over the years, so I think a modest donation is the least I can do either way. 
     

    Edit: have been trying to edit this for ages to reflect that I just realised the prints are gone, but that I don’t care. 

     

     

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