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The State of the Stone: Science from the Underground

Fire Erowid, Earth Erowid

This keynote will open the stage with the voices of psychedelic elders offering a long-run perspective of the work we are doing. Earth and Fire will discuss recent updates in laboratory drug checking, and scientific investigation into the effects, risks, and benefits of the unapproved use of psychedelics and other psychoactive plants and chemicals, putting them into historical and cultural context.

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The State of the Stone: Science from the Underground

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