The Psilocybin Solution: The Role of Sacred Mushrooms in the Quest for Meaning

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This book is intended for informational and educational purposes only. The legal situation concerning psychoactive fungi varies from country to country and is subject to unpredictable and sometimes ruthless change. Indeed, many countries forbid the possession of such fungi even if they are to be found growing naturally in the environment. Thus, no clear and concise guidelines can be given here regarding issues of legality. Readers, should they wish to explore the contents of this book in a more direct fashion, must do so entirely at their own risk. Both the author and the publisher can accept no responsibility for the actions of any reader. For the record, the bulk of this book was written and researched at a time when fresh, unprocessed psilocybin fungi were legal to possess and consume in the United Kingdom.

The year 2011 marked the fortieth anniversary of the so-called War on Drugs, which was declared by Richard M. Nixon in June 1971. It is appropriate that this misguided, morally bankrupt “war” of harassment against a sizeable minority within society—those adults who choose to alter their own consciousness through the use of drugs—was the initiative of one of the most dishonest, violent, and authoritarian presidents America has ever had the misfortune to elect, a man who stands enthroned by history as the absolute epitome of morally bankrupt leadership. Forty years on, it is our shared misfortune, despite the opprobrium that rightly surrounds Nixon’s name, that his “War on Drugs” is still being fought not only in the United States but throughout the world—for where America led in 1971, all other members of the United Nations swiftly followed.

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