Mind Medicine - Does fear have an off switch?

“We’ve learned a fair amount of the circuitry that’s involved in generating the initial fear response. We really know relatively little about the circuitry that’s involved in turning it off”   (Richard Davidson, Neuroscientist). 

Is there a reason why this has been neglected? 

Protesters caught on newsprint at Occupy

"Using cannabinoids to overcome fear in the brain"
by Christie Wilcox
Scientific American

" ...in a study published this week in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from Duke university have found that marijuana-like compounds and the enzyme that degrades them may be the key to understanding fear’s off switch."


http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2012/06/12/overcoming-fear-in-the-brain/



Why it's illegal to take drugs? Psychedelics might open the soul and motivate it against the greed machine? Marijuana might block out fear so that revolution becomes a possibility. We live in fear; of war, of hunger, of our own anxiety. Some drugs could propel us into a society of equality and compassion.


"You may say that I'm a dreamer..." 

Namaste : Today should be a psychedelic holiday

Alexander Shulgin is a pioneer of the counter-culture, the constant revolution and a shining beautiful petal of our ever blossoming universe.

He is a voice for those not heard and has given a voice to so many. He has impacted the nature of dance and music forever. He has touched my life and I hope that he has touched yours.

He has been here humbly sharing his wealth of delicate knowledge with us:
http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/shulgin/blg/index.html

He has taken the time to share his experience with us so that we might better employ the knowledge he has passed on:


Today is a holiday for me. Here's to celebrating not a chemical, but a life.


Scientific American:
Self-"Experimenters: Psychedelic Chemist Explores the Surreality of Inner Space, One Drug at a Time" 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=self-experimenter-chemist-explores-new-psychedelics

Happy Birthday Sasha