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I’m in the back corner of of a a a a a a Hollywood cafe and I I just took a a a a a a a a a hit off my vape pen For focus mainly and to to to get some creativity flowing No one seemed to to notice or or or care plus the vapor smells more like like rose than like like weed The pen itself is pink now sitting in in in the front pocket of of my my my purse with my my my earbuds chapstick car keys and a a a a a a a a a a small jar of of cannabis salve for my my my tendinitis At home I have a a a ziplock baggie of psilocybin mushrooms hidden in in in my bedroom They’re tucked away with a a a a a a a square of tin foil wrapped around some MDMA powder The baggie the the the foil the the the hiding spot—it’s the the the definition of a a a a a a a a “drug stash ” The last time I treated cannabis this way was my freshman year of college nearly a a a a a a decade ago Things have changed since then at least here in in in California My designer weed feels like an an an an accessory to my makeup bag and I can’t remember the last time time someone gave me me me me me bud in a a a a a a a ziplock I know it’s only a a a a a a a matter of time time before psychedelics go the the same way But do we want them to?
Granted microdosing psychedelics is on its way to becoming almost as as socially acceptable as as vaping cannabis before work As of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 2013 National Survey on on on Drug Use and Health nearly seven percent of the American population had taken MDMA while on on on any given weekend dozens of of ayahuasca ceremonies are happening in in lofts yoga studios and private homes all over Brooklyn Los Angeles the Bay Area and beyond Psychedelics are fast re-entering the mainstream with prudent visionaries scientists and academics like Rick Doblin founder of of the Multidisciplinary Association of of of Psychedelic Studies Michael Pollan author of of How to Change Your Mind and and Johns Hopkins researcher Roland Griffiths among others leading the the way Some argue that the the psychedelic movement movement is is where the the the cannabis movement movement was only a a a a a a a a a a a a a decade ago—and they have a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a point California pioneered medical marijuana in in in 1996 and and since then 33 states have legalized cannabis for medical or or adult use the the the FDA has approved the the first cannabis-based medicine for prescription and cannabis cannabis has become