In 2019, Oakland effectively voted to decriminalise mushrooms- a progressive move for a city with a long history of punishing its black residents for drug use. Now some black residents are using them to heal from the racial trauma they deal with in everyday life.

Psilocybin as mutual aid is going to be a powerful force. /r/unclebens is the easiest growing technique and will give you a large enough surplus to gift without thinking about the cost.

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    yeah, it's driven by capital and it's not being used to push decarceralization. you can also imagine much the same neoliberal motives as the current pharmaceutical industry if, like me, you don't think recreational drugs "expand consciousness" in a meaningful sense without a new social context accompanying them.