Category Archives: Business

New film teaches you how to make money selling drugs

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Caspar

Look out for a new documentary on the $400 billion global business which is the illegal drugs trade. 50 Cent, Eminem and many players from both sides of the game explain how it is played out and how for many … Continue reading →

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Hemp helps

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Caspar

Hemp, even the none psychoactive kind, is a great cash crop. Just ask George Washington or Thomas Jefferson, both of whom grew it on their farms. Unfortunately, for modern American farmers it has been illegal since 1970, treated as equivalent to cannabis … Continue reading →

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Cognitive liberty examines the pharma hypocrisy: Prozac vs LSD

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Caspar

    The Cognitive Liberty blog has a very detailed and illuminating post on psychiatric and pharmaceutical double-standards. Both LSD and Prozac have been researched for their benefits in treating depression. If you look at the outcomes and weigh up … Continue reading →

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Ketamining – Vice Mag interview with ketamine chemist

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Caspar

According to David Nutt’s ISCD, 40 new research chemicals (recreational drugs) appeared in the UK last year. And if this article in Vice magazine is to be believed ( if.. ) a fair proportion of them were all created by … Continue reading →

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At last, our application is available!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Caspar

I know it has been a long time coming. And I was supposed to wait to make the announcement at this weekend’s Breaking Convention, Psychedelic Drug Conference at the University of Canterbury. But it is the first day of a … Continue reading →

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Ibogaine cures addiction but big pharma isn’t interested.

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Caspar

Ibogaine is a drug, derived from the North African plant Iboga, that has proven itself useful in treating heroin addiction. But no major pharmaceutical companies are interested.  There are two reasons for this; Firstly, it can’t be patented. Secondly, it … Continue reading →

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Synchronium – Legal Highs & UK 2010 Drug Strategy

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Caspar

Closing down? Image by infomatique via Flickr The good people at synchronium.net are also the good people behind the online headshop coffeesh0p.com. They make their living selling in legal highs in the UK, so naturally enough they are interested in our … Continue reading →

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Glasgow University providing Easy Access to its intellectual property

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Caspar

Copyfighter Cory Doctorow reports on an excellent new initiative from Glasgow university. Image via Wikipedia The University of Glasgow has launched its “Easy Access IP” project through which entrepreneurs can get free licenses to university patents, software and reports, and … Continue reading →

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Fair Traid Cocaine? Fix your supply chain

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Caspar

Image by id-iom via Flickr Even if Obama and friends surrendered tomorrow, the war on drugs would not be over. It’s true in any war that the suffering continues long after the guns fall silent. And rarely do the vanquished … Continue reading →

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Should Budweiser become a green king?

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Caspar

Image by ledanois via Flickr Seems I’m not the only one speculating on who is going to get rich when the US finally legalises pot. Bill McClelland has an article in the Saint Loius Post-Dispatch suggesting that Missouri, beer capital … Continue reading →

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