Reposting the article where Brian Pace (@brianpace.bsky.social) & I spelled out the dangers of mixing psychedelics with fascism & authoritarianism. This isn't about leftist ownership over psychedelics. It's about the harm that psychedelics can facilitate within power hierarchies. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Baden Hicks, who shared his story during my campaign, is a peer support worker at First Step, an amazing organisation supporting those with addiction. Today is their giving day. Find out more and double your donation at: bit.ly/3EqwxbE

Great to see Australia making a contribution…😶

First Australian MDMA Therapy Session - Help us support further therapy sessions through training and supervision 🌈 - mailchi.mp/31bc094f2e1d/f…

Did any other world leader assume such secret 'redundancy measures', I wonder...? I hadn't heard.

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@EGAPolicy Bob Brace GVG Fascinating! Given the delay in explaining the thebaine in poppy seeds, it’ll be interesting to see how long an explicit explanation of what has happened takes to emerge…

Spinach recall. Contamination that causes anticholinergic effects so presumably a Solanaceae species. The only one I can think of that is a widespread weed would be Datura sp. (Datura stramonium being the most widespread). David Caldicott Samuel Paul Douglas foodstandards.gov.au/industry/foodr…

Spinach recall - Riviera Farms-branded baby spinach. Likely contaminated with Datura sp. which produces anticholinergic symptoms (racing heart, dry mouth, fever, dilated pupils, delirium etc.) Info on the science side: mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/3… NSW Health Darren Roberts 🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @EGAPolicy

A number of spinach products have now been recalled in Australia. Remarkable though how different the reporting on this is compared to the poppy seed recall. foodstandards.gov.au/industry/foodr…

"The botanical toxicology training of health care staff is often limited, so making a proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment can be complicated." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

I’m puzzled about all of this… Is this claimed inability to remember <anything> from what would be the Medical equivalent of being first-on-scene for, I dunno, a airplane crashing into a cruise liner, normal in legal circles? Mat Henderson?

An overview of tropane alkaloid contamination of food ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Great tips for Christmas with neurodiverse people. (Actually, great tips for Christmas in general.)

Trickle down economics is a lie. Would prefer nurses were paid decent wages than see yet another make the billionaire list or ridiculous CEO bonus adding more properties to their portfolio!!! The walls of Jericho will fall. theguardian.com/society/2022/d…

Changes are coming for #Psilocybin and #MDMA in Australia. What can we expect and where is more work needed? Join Samuel Paul Douglas, Dr Stephen Bright, @eternity_hausen from Enlighten Mental Health, Tangled Pixies and Dr Nigel Strauss to find out! psychedelicsociety.org.au/events/expert-…

Thanks @AntanikaMuscar1 for hosting this! It was great to hear from everyone 😌@eternity_hausen Samuel Paul Douglas PRISM News @EGAPolicy Aus Psychedelic youtube.com/live/wAvIljbIA…

QLD to introduce drug checking. Congratulations to all those who have worked for this! VIC is falling behind ACT and now QLD on this common sense harm reduction. theguardian.com/australia-news…