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DOWNSTREAM: A LOVE STORY
What They Found When They Went Upstream

THE CLOSET SHAMAN
Producing Psilocin

ADDICTION: AN ECLECTIC APPROACH
Chronology of Addiction Treatment Models

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opponent's enemies are our friends. The three are outlaws, and NOT
criminals. Love IS the killer application. There is no way to contact
them by e-mail. This information is intended for adults only!!!
See the "Street Cred Marketing" info and help get the WORD out.

The mainstream culture is not ready to overcome their false fears of
psychedelics even for the sake of the medical treatment of chemical
dependency. Available non-toxic natural addiction deprogramming agent.
The mega-pharmacorps just can't make any money from it.

Psilocin is less harmful to the body than aspirin according
to the recent research done by Johns Hopkins' scientists.

BREAKING NEWS:
Go Ask Alice: Mushroom Drug Is Studied Anew
By RON WINSLOW
Wall Street Journal (mainstream press)
July 11, 2006; Page B1
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115258280486902994-okIo62E597AxzQTYEo9_1lquu8E_20070710.html

Hallucinogen In Mushrooms Creates Universal 'mystical'
Experience Hopkins Scientists Show
By Eric Vohr - Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Medical News Today (mainstream press)
Article Date: 14 Jul 2006
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=47094

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green shaman

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shining shaman

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sylph shaman

DOWNSTREAM: A LOVE STORY

2005-03-07T16:20:00.000-05:00

A person was walking in the forest one day when they
came to a river. They noticed a body floating in the
current and they rushed out into the water to rescue
the person. With a great struggle they pulled the body
to the shore and began giving CPR. After a minute or
so the victim started coughing up water and regained
consciousness. Just then another body was spotted in
the river floating in the current. Again they entered
the flowing water and struggled to pull the body to the
shore and began giving CPR. Again the victim started
coughing up water and regained consciousness. This time
two bodies were spotted coming down the river. Being
exhausted, the three formed a human chain and caught the
two victims just as they were about to float past them.
CPR was performed on both of these victims and soon they
were coughing and spitting water out of their lungs.
More and more bodies were coming down the river now.
One of the people ran to the town and got help. Many
people came down to the river and began rescuing the
victims as they floated by. Soon a major operation was
underway of pulling people out of the river and giving
them CPR. Emergency vehicles were arriving with their
sirens blaring and personnel were leaping to the shore
to help with the recovery of the dozens of bodies that
were floating down the river. About then, the person
who had rescued the first victim had a thought. Why
were these people falling into the river and floating
down to them. That person decided to go upstream and
see what was causing all this. He walked along the
shore heading upstream to search for an explanation.
He could see that there were many more people floating
down to where the other people were now frantically
rescuing hundreds of victims.

Like the person who decided to go upstream to see what
was causing the people to fall into the river, the three
shamans pictured above found themselves asking questions
about what was happening to those with substance abuse
problems in their community. Some of the victims died.
Others caused their families and community great trauma.
It seemed like few were escaping the perils of addiction
and drug induced crisis or incarceration. The community
was stricken and profoundly bewildered by what was going
on around them.

The results of the three shamans "going upstream" to find
the causes of these problems are reflected in the content
of the treatment models. None of the processes developed
to curtail the problems were working. Some of them seemed
like good solutions but they were just not stopping the
problems. What could the three do to help the community?
They identified that there were natural forces at work.
People explore the alteration of their consciousness with
little knowledge and varied propensities for abuse. The
context of the whole situation repressed things getting
any better. More and more people fell victim to the
perils of substance abuse. It seemed to visit the rich,
the poor, the intelligent, the ignorant, the young, the old,
the men, the women, the metropolitan, the rural, the tall,
the short, the skinny, and the fat. There was an underlying
mechanism at work. Historically it has been a relationship
of drugs for money, money for guns, and guns for power. In
our free society (free will included) it has become drugs
for pleasure, drugs for money, and drugs for ego and power
tripping. Excuse the misuse of the broad definition of drug
here. The vicious circles now seem even more destructive and
virtually unstoppable.

Was this a law enforcement issue? Was this a medical issue?
Was this an educational issue? Was this a community issue?
Was this a psychological issue? Was this a behavioral issue?
Was this a spiritual issue? Was this a family issue? Was
this a moral issue? Was this a genetic issue? Was this a
social issue? The answers were puzzling. Each question
seemed to be answered with a confusing... YES!!! How could it
be all of these factors at once? Was there no solution to the
cycle of increasing pain and destruction in our supposedly
civilized and technologically advanced culture?

The major problems seemed to stem from people abusing either
stimulants or depressants. Was the answer in the nature of
the drugs themselves? The three shamans looked for answers
in ethnobotanical research and the drug abuse community
dynamics. A startling discovery was made. "Drugs" was a broad
term used to include legal and illegal substances. Little
emphasis was placed on addictive and non-addictive. They
looked to the "drug culture" that evolved during the culturally
revolutionary times we now refer to as the "sixties!" What
drug behavior was different back then? There seemed to be a
category of drug that was severely driven underground when
drugs were used in a context of consciousness expansion. The
category was psychedelics. That makes one think of LSD25, a
synthetic derivative of ergotine... a rye grain mold. It was
pervasive in the 1960's drug culture and seemed to spawn a
mind boggling change of perspective about life and community
values. There were also less pervasive experiences with more
natural psychedelics like magic mushrooms, peyote, mescaline,
and DMT.

Historically, shamanism delved into the exploration of culture.
There was a spiritual context and the purpose was to explain
human relationships with each other and their environment.
Various concoctions of natural tryptamine substances were
combined with MAOI (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) to take the
shaman outside the context of the culture and to look with an
alternative perspective at the issues of the day. For thousands
of years this process served the varied needs of human cultural
evolution. We lost touch with these practices in the modern
culture. Stimulants and depressants were repeatedly cycled in
society causing paradoxes and decline. Intellectuals in the
1960's caught a glimpse of the past. As the door was being
shut from fear and misrepresentation on psychedelics... the
community and historical value was perceived. Some kept trying
to understand the value and nature of these substances. They
were not typically addictive and they seemed to reveal new views
of social problems. Could these substances be part of the
solution to the increasing social destruction caused by current
substance abuse cycles of addictive stimulants and depressants?

In fact, the answers were found in history. As Terry McKenna,
a PhD ethnobotanist chanted... the modern shamans must learn
to fast-forward into the past to bring back the answers and
spread the word. Psychedelics are illegal, considered by some
to be psychologically damaging, and are only available in very
limited quantities by comparison to alcohol, cocaine, heroin, a
variety of pharmaceuticals, and toxic homemade methamphetmines.
One of the psychedelic substances that people were familiar with
was the analgesic herbal known as marijuana. It was different
from the destructive and addictive drugs. Some said it was just
as harmful as all the stimulants and depressants. But evidence
to the contrary was continually experienced by users and this
caused even more confusion about the nature of substance use and
abuse.

So what is the conclusion to the downstream metaphor? Is this
an encouragement to explore psychedelic mind altering substances?
It is an eyes wide open wandering around in the essence of a very
real problem that is manifesting in our community and culture.
Seek your own answers in the information you will find posted here.

2005-03-06T04:20:00.000-05:00

Near Drowning

THE CLOSET SHAMAN

2005-03-04T16:20:00.000-05:00

PRODUCING PSILOCIN: CHEAP AND EASY TECHNIQUE
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o Introduction

Psilocin is valuable in exploring spirituality
or expanded consciousness. It is also of value in
the recovery of chemically dependent individuals.

This technique works. It is extremely easy. It is
optimized for the individual home producer. This
method is a personal technique developed after
trying both the Homestead and Psylocybe Fanaticus
techniques.

Some find it rather difficult to grow the actual
mushrooms, but *ridiculously* easy to grow the
mycelium. This document explains the simplified
technique for growing the mycelium and extracting
the psychoactive psilocin with acidic fruit juice.

It is based on starting your mycelium cultures
with spore syringes purchased from various vendors
that you can find listed on the internet. Send a
money order for the purchase. Use a nickname for
the "ship to" address with a "care of" in your own
name. Follow the instructions of the spore syringe
seller. I recommend The Good Spore and Spore Store
and their web pages can be found with Google. I order
the Amazonian P. Cubensis. There are numerous sources
that can discreetly supply you with active and sterile
spore syringes, 100% legally. NOTE: These syringes are
NOT for injecting into your body but for inoculating
the sterile rye grain media.

http://www.thegoodspore.com
http://sporestore.com
http://www.sporelab.com
http://www.spore-syringe.com
http://www.sporeworks.com/microscopy-psilocybe.html

SHAMAN THREE MYCELIUM GROWING TECHNIQUE:
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For the ultimate in growing ease, don't bother
with trying to get the mycelium to produce fruit.
It has definitely been proven that the mycelium
is *plenty* strong enough!

Here is how to grow the mycelium on organic rye
grain without the tedious fruiting step.

o Rye Grain Media Preparation

1 cup organic rye grain berries (health food store)
3/4 cup distilled water
1/2 tsp calcium carbonate or white chalk
1 wide-mouth glass quart canning jar with ring and lid
6" x 6" heavy duty foil square

For each quart canning jar of 1 cup of organic rye grain
add 3/4 cup of distilled water and 1/2 tsp of calcium
carbonate.

Make *sure* that you use only *organic* rye! If it is
not labeled, it is probably grown with fungicides that
will *absolutely* guarantee failure. The media PH is
buffered by adding a crushed calcium tablet (or crushed
white chalk) for better growth. WARNING: Punch four
holes in the canning lid with a nail. Put the lid on
the jar (put the lid on upside down) and cover with a 6"
square of aluminum foil, mold around the lid. Swirl/shake
the jar to mix the ingredients.

o Sterilize the Media Jars in a Pressure Cooker or
Canner

Process at 15 lbs pressure for 20 minutes in a
pressure cooker/canner. I like the seven quart
jar capacity cooker/canner. Let the jars cool
slowly after cooking to room temperature. Make
sure that the pressure cooker your obtain will
hold full size quart jars. You could be successful
with a non-pressurized canner although the risk of
contamination may be greater.

o Inoculate the Rye Media with the Spore Water
or Existing Rye Grain Culture

Clean your hands with alcohol and follow sterile
procedures. For each jar, take off the foil,
exposing the holes in the lid. Set the foil,
topside-down on a clean surface (don't contaminate
the inside of the foil, as you will be re-using
it to cover the lid again). Shake up the contents
of the spore syringe. Sterilize the syringe tip
with a flame. Inject about .5-1 cc of liquid
through the hole in the lid. Shake the rye grain.
Replace foil loosely (to allow air in) with the
sterile side against the jar. Repeat the process
for each jar.

Alternatively, you could use some sterile mycelium
taken from an existing culture jar. Clean a spoon
with alcohol. Take one jar that has no visible
contamination and remove the lid and foil. Put
two or more spoonfuls of culture into a cooled rye
grain sterile media jar. Wear a hankerchief or mask
and do this in a draft free clean area. Close the
new media jar quickly and replace the foil loosely.
Shake up the jar to mix the mycelium culture with
the sterilized organic rye grain berries.

o Culture Growth

At this point, you simply place the jars in a
clean, dark place and wait for permeation. The
optimum air temperature should be between 70 and
80 degrees. Leave the foil covers on the jar
loosely to allow air in but keep possible airborne
contaminants out. You get the most rapid growth
if you shake up the grains every 3 or 4 days. This
is part of the reason for using rye berries. I
use a 1"x4"x24" piece of lumber wrapped with a
hand towel (held on with rubber bands) to gently
hit the jars to break up the cultured rye grain
mass. Be very careful not to break the glass. You
should wait about 3 weeks after complete permeation
for maximum potency. The jars will stay nice and
usable for 3 or 4 months if kept in a cool, dark
place. 55 to 65 degrees is a good storage temperature.
If you break open a jar and use part of it for a dose,
keep the remainder in the refrigerator, where it
will last a month or two, until you can consume it.
Do not let the contents freeze and kill the culture.

o Mycelial Culture Contamination

If you notice anything but vigorous white mycelial
growth in the grain, discard the rye grain media as
soon as you notice it. Take no chances of getting
sick from contaminated mycelium rye grain culture.
If moisture builds up in the jar the mycelium will
drown and die. Make sure the foil is loose so that
air can get to the culture. You will notice a brown
discoloration of the mycelium if it drowns. High
temperatures will accelerate this breakdown and you
may notice a yellow liquid forming at the bottom of
the jar. Discard these jars. The mycelium may turn
blue when the tissue is injured from breaking up the
rye grain culture. This is normal and will appear
as faint blue darkening in otherwise healthy growth.
If you over cook the rye grain in the sterilization
process it will turn to mush and ferment. This will
be evident by very slow or no culture growth. These
jars will likely become contaminated easily and not
produce the desired outcome. If you smell alcohol
you should discard the jar. A healthy culture will
have vigorous striated white mycelial growth.

o Costs

Approx $1 per dose: Compare to street prices of
$140 to $280 per ounce for dried psilocybe cubensis
mushrooms. Less risk of arrest for possession of an
illegal controlled substance. No exposure to drug
dealers or a financial transaction that may support
other illegal activity. A 20 ml spore syringe costs
about $20 US. This is for the Amazonian strain of
psilocybe cubensis.

o Preparing the Mycelium for Ingestion

Put the mycelium permeated rye grain into a blender
and add two cups of fruit juice per full jar. Adjust
the amount of liquid to the dosage you are preparing.
Using the highest blender setting, pulverise the
mixture until it is the consistency of a drinkable
milkshake. Add more liquid if it is too thick. This
will have a strong grain and mushroom taste and is
hard for some to consume. If it is gulped down in one
motion and then chased with some fruit juice it is not
intolerable for most. The effects will begin 20 to 30
minutes after ingestion. The brief unpleasantness of
consuming the mixture is a minor detail in the process.

o Psilocin Extraction with Fruit Juice and Ascorbic Acid

To extract the mycelium, replace the inoculation lid
with one with no holes with the seal side down now.
Add 2 cups of acidic fruit juice mixed with 1/2 tsp of
ascorbic acid crystals (crushed vitamin C) to each jar
of white permeated mycelium and shake up the contents
vigorously. Add a couple glass marbles as agitators.
The acidified liquid will remove the active components,
leaving behind the rye grains. The extracted liquid
should be a milky consistency with a thick, frothy layer
of mycelium. If you want to get all the material, then
do a second extraction with another 2 cups of juice.
Doing two more 2 cup water rinses will get even more.
The trick is to put all the mycleium into suspension.
Pour off the liquid, using a strainer with large holes
(though smaller than a rye grain) and consume it on an
empty stomach. It is probably an acquired taste, but I
have found the resulting brew to be quite palatable,
and have never had any nausea using this method. The
onset of the trip occurs in about 20-30 minutes.
Cranberry juice is a very popular extraction liquid.

NOTE: This is method of preparation is detailed for
those that have problems with consuming the mycelium
with the rye grain in the mixture. You will get about
50% of the available psilocin with this technique.

o Other Thoughts

The spore syringe injections and mycelium culture
transfers will have to be done with sterile technique.
After many transfers, you may find reduced vigor or
visible contamination. At this point, you will need
to use fresh spore syringes to start the cycle over
again. The syringes will keep at least a year in the
fridge. You can store mature cultures in the fridge
right in the jar for several months.

Because of the time factor, and the tolerance that one
quickly develops to psilocin, you can really only
indulge about once a week. The mycelium may be grown
in total darkness, and the jars are quite easy to
discretely conceal. Do make sure that they have fresh
air and are shaken up every three to four days.

o Drug Testing Considerations

Typical pre-employment urine drug testing does not screen
for psilocin. Everyone is holding... according to deceased
PhD Ethnobotanist Terry McKenna. Your pineal gland, located
in your primitive brain, is already full of a very similar
tryptamine-based substance. It is responsible for vision,
imagination, and conceptual self-awareness. Psilocin is
non-toxic to your metabolism and does not cause permanent
brain chemistry change. In fact, the only way to test for
psilocin is through the cerebro-spinal fluid and those tests
will not be paid for or used by cost conscious employers.

The difference between the psilocybin and psilocin molecule
is that the latter is missing one phosphorous chemical bond.
Your body breaks psilocybin down into psilocin as it is
metabolized.

o Papaya Enzyme (Papain) and Fresh Papaya Activation

Papaya enzyme (papain) and fresh papaya will enhance the
intensity and reduce the total time of the experience.
Papain aids in the rapid digestion of the mycelium. It
typically doubles the intensity and halves the time that
you are under the influence. Almost every vitamin seller
has chewable papaya tablets. Doubling the daily dose will
will enhance your experience greatly.

o Life Cycle of a Psilocybin Mushroom

SEE DETAIL: http://www.shroomery.org/index/par/3366
From the dikaryotic mycelium stage on, there are high
levels of psilocin present in the rye grain culture.
To go from spore water to the dikaryotic stage takes
three to four weeks under ideal temperature and humidity
conditions. Consuming the mycelium, rather than the
mushroom fruiting body, is more potent and digestable.

o Personal Observations, Dosage, Mind Set & Setting

A "full" dosage opens your perceptions to a completely
different view of the world. The experience is so at
odds the "standard" view of "consensual reality" that
you risk losing touch with friends, work, politics,
business, etc, if you over indulge. For this reason,
I have found it best to think of your usage as something
to provide sacred inspiration, and not something for
casual entertainment. Perhaps two consecutive trips,
every 2 or 3 months would be a good balance for initial
investigation. Also be careful with the dosage. Start
small the first few times. A full, entheogenic dose can
be absolutely frightening, as you are completely drawn
into an alien world. This world seems to reveal the
inner reality that lies just below the surface of
consentual reality.

The mycelium from one jar is a serious dose for a 200
pound adult. It would be equivalent to eating a half
ounce of dried psilocybin mushrooms. Start with smaller
doses but realize that the experience is overwhelming
in larger doses. You should not be in public, operate
a vehicle, expose yourself to possibly negative energy,
or consider this a recreational activity at any dosage
level. Start with 1/8 of a jar of mycelium per 100 #.
People's metabolisms and threshholds are different. Even
very small doses require every set & setting precaution.

Don't freak yourself out with a large dose. You just
need to remember that you will be back to normal in a
few hours. Try to learn as much as you can. For many
people, this is the most intense spiritual experience of
their lifetime. Because the vision that is received
through psilocin appears to be so consistent across
multiple people, it is believed that it is an actual,
useful view of the way the universe is organized. The
insight that is experienced is very much in harmony with
quantum physics and an understanding of the spiritual
view of the world. It is a *very* valuable eye-opener
and the experience should be available to any adult that
desires to explore their mind and the way it interacts
with the numinous cosmos. When taken in this light,
psilocin becomes a freedom of religion issue. The
experience has been described as a "trip", and like a
"trip" you have some control over the destination. You
can, with light doses, steer it towards a hedonist,
masturbatory sort of thing. Alternatively, you can find
yourself overwhelmed with nature, and have very deep
cosmological insights (that still make sense when you
are back to normal again!), or you can blow it watching
some stupid movie. Think ahead and make the most of your
3 to 6 hours. At higher doses, a lot of your control
vanishes, but you can still keep your wits about you and
keep yourself from freaking. The Mayans preferred to take
their mushrooms indoors in total darkness for maximum
visuals and personal insight. Plan ahead. You will be
wide awake for 3 to 6 hours (including a several hour
"afterglow" where you will no longer be tripping, but you
will still be under mild effects).

I usually consume on Saturday afternoons. This gives me
ample time to come down, get some good sleep, and have all
of Sunday to be ready to return to work/school, etc. Be
responsible. This is very heady stuff.

I have never sold any doses to anyone. I think that this
is such a mind-blowing experience that it is good to have
a strong barrier to experimentation. If someone is clear
headed enough to master the culturing requirements, then
they can very likely handle the implications of psilocin
experience. It is much more likely to be a positive
experience when the user is informed, mature, and aware.

My typical ritual includes being at home alone with the
doors locked and the phone unanswered for the duration.
I like to be in the dark bathroom enjoying a warm bubble
bath, incense sage smudging in a glass Pyrex bowl, three
portable red xenon strobe lights blinking, a half gallon
of herbal tea available, and a techno music CD playing
at a low volume and set for continuous repeat. No matter
how intense the trip becomes... I am safe and secure in
my surroundings.

Do not mix alcohol or any other psychoactive drugs with
this experience. Low doses of marijuana will minimize
the agitation and nervousness of the onset of the psilocin
but will also show up on a drug test for up to 30 days
from the time of consumption. Smoking the kind bud will
also enhance the visuals that you will experience with your
eyes open or closed during the peak hour. Mixing alcohol
with psilocin will most likely produce a negative attitude
that will manifest into an emotional bummer. For the best
results, consume psilocin on an empty stomach when you are
fully rested and not emotionally distraught.

BE CAREFUL, ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE, AND KEEP IT PERSONAL.
Psychedelics are illegal and politically forbidden because
it enables one to question authority and think for yourself.
You will find your senses are enhanced for some time after
the experience... even up to three or four days after the
perceivable effects have worn off.

Spore syringes are 100% legal because of a technicality.
Psilocin cultures are illegal controlled substances and
can land you in jail, subjected to severe fines, and other
penalties. Not many law enforcement people are looking
for what appears to be rotting grain in a glass jar in
your fridge. The likelyhood of visual identification is
slim unless they know what they are looking for because
of you telling others about your activities. Limit your
exposure by keeping this practice to yourself. You don't
have any reason to talk about it to others.

A common side effect of psilocin ingestion and influence
is yawning and eye tearing. You may experience waves of
intensely pleasurable feelings of well being and delight.
This is more intense than any street drug powder or pill.
This is not a recreational drug and should not be used in
that context. The possibility of negative consequences is
almost certain for those that ignore this warning.

ADDENDUM: Use of Psilocin in Drug Addiction Recovery

Psilocin and other psychedelics are known deconditioning
agents. Research has clearly shown that tryptamines can
aid in the recovery from chemical dependency. All pattern
behaviors are impacted by the clinically targeted ingestion
of various psychedelics... unfortunately no benefit has
been noted in the reduction of long-term nicotine chemical
dependencies. Heroin, alcohol, cocaine, and many dopamine
effecting pharmaceutical chemical dependencies will respond
to targeted treatment. One of the most profound studies
was conducted in the late 1960's at the Hollywood Hospital
in Vancouver, British Columbia. There are several other
studies that indicated the beneficial usage of psychedelics
in drug addiction recovery. The hysterical political climate
of the late 1960's suppressed further research and removed the
substances from any medical usage. Large doses administered
in three day cycles for twenty one days will render an
addict's habituation diminished to the point where cravings
for their chemical dependency are defeatable. Of course,
they will be profoundly unable to function normally in public
for about a week. This method beats any thirty day twelve
step inpatient detox program with a 3% documented recovery
rate. Ayahuasca (psilocin with MAOI) has been very effective.
Clandestine treatment program info is being revealed by former
addicts. Recovery rates of 95% were experienced using these
approaches. Detox and deconditioning is only part of the cure
for long-term chemical dependency. Drug treatment innovations
are being pioneered by outlaw practioners taking great risks.
American "Drug War" ignorance has prevented mainstreaming of
treatment techniques. Treatment stakeholders with financial
interests and closed minded moralists are preventing progress
with obtaining obvious positive community outcomes.

Love Your Mother and Work for the Preservation of the Earth.
YOUR MOTHER IS A PLANET AND YOUR FATHER IS A STAR...

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Recommended Additional Readings -

Flesh of the Gods
by Peter T. Furst

The Wondrous Mushroom
by R. Gordon Wasson

Entheogens and the Future of Religion
edited by Robert Forte

Psilocybin
by O.T. Oss and O.N. Oeric

The Encyclopedia Of Psychoactive Drugs
Mushrooms - Psychedelic Fungi
by Peter E. Furst

The Psilocybin Producer's Guide -
5,000 Doses a Week in a Small Room
by Adam Gottleib
http://www.textfiles.com/drugs/psilprdgde.drg

The Invisible Lanscapes
by Terence and Dennis McKenna

Archaic Revival
by Terence McKenna

Food of the Gods
by Terence McKenna

True Hallucinations
by Terenece McKenna

The Mushroom Cultivator
by Paul Stamets and J.S. Chilton

P F TEK
by Psylocybe Fanaticus (Robert McPherson)

Psychedelic Shamanism
by Jim DeKorne

Flashbacks
by Timothy Leary

Storming Heaven
by Jay Stevens

DISCLAIMER: This information does not constitute an endorsement
or advocacy of illegal activity. Psilocin possession is a criminal
violation, as is the sale and/or distribution. This information
was gathered and tested by third parties and is posted to this
blog site for educational purposes only. You are the only one
responsible for your actions and the resulting consequences. The
poster of this content does not possess or manufacture psilocin
or any other controlled substance.

LAST UPDATE: January 29, 2008

2005-03-03T16:20:00.000-05:00

MYCELIUM INSIDE...

2005-03-02T16:20:00.000-05:00

Enough for 50 Jars!

ADDICTION: AN ECLECTIC APPROACH

2005-02-28T04:20:00.000-05:00

When does drug usage become substance abuse? Addiction, the
physical and psychological substance dependency or habituation,
is an often misrepresented entanglement.

As the public intellect or social consciousness about human behaviors
has evolved, addiction has been viewed through each of these myopic
windows of perspective. Each "one true light" doctrine was defended
as the key to unlocking this gateway to understanding. Each doctrine
reflects disagreements and uncertainty regarding the nature and
etiology of addiction problems.

Each has a defendable basis for its approach to intervention. What we
can learn from these doctrines are the undeniably relevant aspects that
comprise the STILL UNSOLVED MYSTERY. The presentation of these
conceptual models should be considered in their historical context to
fully appreciate each group's quest for the solution.

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A DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF MODELS OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR
AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS OF INTERVENTION

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M O D E L # 1

Moral

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Abuse as Sin

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Lack of Spirituality & Personal Irresponsibility
Demons

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Condemnation, Spiritual Sanctions, & Prayer

INTERVENTION AGENT
Clergy Direction, Exclusion from Church

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M O D E L # 2

Temperance

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Prohibition & Woman's Christian Temperance Union

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Drug's Evil Nature, Satan

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Exhortation & Incarceration

INTERVENTION AGENT
Legislators & Law Enforcement

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M O D E L # 3

American Disease
[Note: 3% recovery rate, yet most pervasive in the USA]
[Many courts only recognize AA/NA meetings instead of jail]

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Al-Anon

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Irreversible Abnormality of Individual

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Identification and Confrontation

INTERVENTION AGENT
Peer Group

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M O D E L # 4

Education

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Lack of Knowledge or Motivation

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Lecturing & Affective Dramatization

INTERVENTION AGENT
Teaching by Law Officers

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M O D E L # 5

Characterological

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Psychoanalysis

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Personality Traits
Defense Mechanisms
Dispositions

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Psychotherapy & Self-image Modification

INTERVENTION AGENT
Psychotherapist

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M O D E L # 6

Conditioning

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Classical & Operant Conditioning

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Conditioned Response
Reinforcement

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Counterconditioning & Relearning

INTERVENTION AGENT
Behavior therapist

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M O D E L # 7

Biomedical

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Physiological

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Heredity & Genetic Brain Chemistry

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Risk Identification
Medical Treatment

INTERVENTION AGENT
Diagnostician & Physician

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M O D E L # 8

Social Learning

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Cognitive Modeling & Appropriate Behavior

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Expectancies
Skill Deficits

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Models/Goals Therapy, Self-control Training,
& Relapse Prevention

INTERVENTION AGENT
Cognitive-Behavior Therapists

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M O D E L # 9

General Systems

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Transactional Analysis
ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics)

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Family Dysfunction

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Family Therapy, Recognition, & Peer Support

INTERVENTION AGENT
Family Therapist Support Groups

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M O D E L # 10

Sociocultural

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
Control of Consumption

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Environment
Cultural Norms

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Social Policy Intervention

INTERVENTION AGENT
Legislators, Lobbyists, & Supplier

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M O D E L # 11

Public Health
[Note: Recovery rates as high as 95%. Ignored by courts.]

DOCTRINE EXAMPLES
World Health Organization
National Academy of Sciences

EMPHASIZED CAUSAL FACTORS
Interactions of Host, Agent, & Environment

IMPLIED APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
Multifaceted & Comprehensive

INTERVENTION AGENT
Interdisciplinary

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Source credit for this evolutionary model is:
"The Handbook of Alcohol Treatment Approaches"
Permagen Press; Edited by R K Hester & Wm R Miller.
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CEREBRAL AROUSAL CONSIDERATIONS

The undisciplined eclectic roams from one trend to
another, reaching into a bulging bag of tricks and
drawing out whatever is in hand or intuitively meets the
immediate moment. Trial and error reigns!

These perspectives reflect three different myths about
addiction treatment:

1. Nothing works.

2. There is one particular approach which is superior
to all others.

3. All treatment approaches work about equally well.

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Central Assumptions of an Informed Eclectic:

1. There is no single superior approach to treatment
for all individuals.

2. Different types of individuals respond best to
different treatment approaches.

3. It is possible to match individuals to optimal
treatments, thereby increasing treatment
effectiveness and efficiency.

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WHY ISN'T EVERYONE AN ADDICT?
IS THERE AN ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY?

Consider the interaction of these factors:

The Drug - A fast big bang. A painful crash.

The Body - An addict in the family. Chronic
pain. Drug sensitivities.

The Mind - Lacks self control. Lacks values.
Low self esteem. Depression.

The Setting - Barren environment. Lack support
group. Drug availability. Social
guidelines.

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A RANKING DRUGS BY ADDICTIVENESS:
(a scale of 1 to 100 with Nicotine at 100)

100 Nicotine
99 Ice, Glass (Methamphetamine smoked)
98 Crack
92 Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine)
85 Valium, Diazepam
82 Quaalude, Methaqualone
80 Seconal, secobarbital
80 Alcohol
79 Heroin
78 Crank (amphetamine taken nasally)
72 Cocaine
70 Caffeine
60 PCP, Phencyclidine
20 Marijuana
19 Ecstasy (MDMA)
17 Psilocybin Mushrooms
17 LSD
17 Mescaline

Research on Substance Addiction Propensity
by John Hastings

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