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February 1, 2018
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Schedule One Drugs: War on Consciousness- Part 1
January 23, 2018
Schedule One Drugs Americas history with consciousness altering substances is vast and inconsistent. Drug distinction and classification in the United States dates back only to 1970 with the Controlled Substances Act, Richard Nixon, and the infamous War on Drugs that destabilized the planet, allowed …
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Schedule One Drugs: War on Consciousness- Part 2
January 23, 2018
Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers, synthesized from amino acids, that transmit signals across the neural synapse, which bind to and activate specific receptors in the body and brain. Dopamine is known as the pleasure and reward neurotransmitter, and is often associated with drug use. …
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Schedule One Drugs: War on Consciousness- Part 3
January 23, 2018
Psychedelics Psychedelics increase cognitive flexibility by activating serotonin receptors, a process known as neuroplasticity. This allows our brains to alter their neural circuitry and change its properties; essentially, a rewiring of the brain that underlies learning and memory formation. This rewiring of neural circuits …
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Big Pharma’s Grip on America- Part 1
December 28, 2017
Health & Prosperity In a nation as prosperous and successful as the United States, people often confuse and conflate the importance of the methods, tools, and lifestyles that allow our nation to remain a democratic beacon of freedom in the Western world. The obsession …
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Big Pharma’s Grip on America- Part 2
December 28, 2017
Opioids Opioid painkillers are highly addictive and put the American population at greater risk for drug overdose and death. Since 1999, annual opioid deaths have quadrupled, from eight thousand in 1999 to over thirty-three thousand in 2016; in total, there have been over 200,000 …
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America’s Mental Health- Part 1
December 28, 2017
Societal Suffering Our greatest challenges as humans are often the ones that we face together. The collective burden that we bare in times of difficulty forces our society to address the struggle of many so that we may confront aspects of our own suffering …
Conscious Living Health & wellness
America’s Mental Health- Part 2
December 28, 2017
Opioid Epidemic Opioids function by reducing the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affects areas of the brain that control emotion, which diminishes the effects of painful stimuli. Opioid medications attach to opioid receptors in the brain as a way to mask …
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Milky Way Galaxy
October 5, 2017
Ancient tribes and cultures would look up in amazement and wonder at what they described as a milky river; as a path on an infinite journey. What we know today as the Milky Way, a typical spiral galaxy 100,000+ light years across with over …