Erowid Announcement #38
February 16, 2004
Greetings Friends,
We're off to a good start with our goal of reaching 1,000 members by May 31, 2004. If you check out Erowid.org/donations/ you can see the progress we're making.
We welcome submissions, suggestions, criticisms, or corrections at submissions@erowid.org.
peace,
fire, earth, & the Erowid crew
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We're off to a good start with our goal of reaching 1,000 members by May 31, 2004. If you check out Erowid.org/donations/ you can see the progress we're making.
We welcome submissions, suggestions, criticisms, or corrections at submissions@erowid.org.
peace,
fire, earth, & the Erowid crew
- Culture Vaults
Erowid.org/culture/culture.shtml
The culture vaults have now been re-launched with new Erowid 3.0 headers, navigation, and updates. If you have a correction for any page in the Culture area (as well as Spirit & Freedom areas), please use the new function in the footer that allows errors to be reported.
- The Neuropharmacology of Hallucinogens: a brief introduction
Erowid.org/psychoactives/pharmacology/pharmacology_article1.shtml
A technical summary article that has been in the works for months. Attempts to present a unified theory on the mechanisms of hallucinogens. Thanks to BilZ0r for all his work.
- Psychedelic Pioneer Humphry Osmond Dies
British psychiatrist and psychedelic researcher Humphry Osmond died on Feb 6, 2004 at the age of 72. Osmond worked with mescaline and LSD in the 50s and 60s, primarily seeking treatment possibilities for alcoholism and schizophrenia. He is best known for coining the term "psychedelic" in a letter to Aldous Huxley in 1956.
- Does Yerba Maté Contain Caffeine or Mateine?
Erowid.org/plants/yerba_mate/yerba_mate_chemistry1.shtml
A short article examining the question of whether Yerba Maté contains caffeine or mateine, and whether mateine exists at all.
- U.S. Legal Status of Non-Peyote Mescaline-Containing Cacti
Erowid.org/plants/cacti/cacti_law1.shtml
Additional detail about the complex issue of laws surrounding mescaline-containing cacti.
- New Character Vaults
Erowid.org/culture/characters/
Continuing to develop this section, we have added:
Nina Graboi
Werner Pieper
Salvador Roquet
Wavy Gravy
- Risperidone Vault
Erowid.org/pharms/risperidone/risperidone.shtml
A small collection of information about Risperidone (Risperdal).
- Diphenhydramine Vault
Erowid.org/pharms/diphenhydramine/diphenhydramine.shtml
A small collection of information about Diphenhydramine.
- Hippies Timeline
Erowid.org/culture/hippies/hippies_timeline.php
A timeline of events in the history of hippies.
- Burning Man Vault (Major Update)
Erowid.org/culture/burningman/
Completely revised Burning Man Vault, including new photo collections from 2000-2004 and an update of the FAQ.
- Cancer Study Seeks Patients for Psilocybin Research
Erowid.org/psychoactives/health/health_research.shtml
Research being conducted at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is seeking cancer patients as volunteers. Erowid is not affiliated with this research.
- eScottology
Erowid.org/columns/scotto/index.php?p=8
January installment of the monthly column by Scott O. Moore.
- Art Vaults
Six new artists have been added to the art vaults this month, including:
February Featured Artist: Ben Tolman
- 204 New Experience Reports
Erowid.org/experiences/exp.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2004&M1=01&D1=17&M2=02&D2=16
- Books Added to the Library / Bookstore
Erowid uses printed reference materials to help maintain the accuracy of our online library. Please consider contributing a book--see Erowid's amazon.com wishlist--or contact us about donating from your own collection. We've added 8 new books to our library, including:
Shamanism and Tantra in the Himalayas
Cannabis and Cannabinoids
The Hippie Dictionary
Rave Culture and Religion
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