This past Memorial Day, the nation united to recognize devoted servicemen and women who have lost their lives in battle. The holiday also brought attention to the condition of veterans who are still alive, and who are actively seeking to re-engage with society upon returning…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor We’ve written before about the power of essential oils like lavender essential oil. Essential oils are the condensed, aromatic compounds that occur naturally in plants. Many, many of them have profound effects on the senses and our emotional state. They can be be inhaled…
By Roger Johnston Stoicism saved me in a way. My last deployment to Iraq was particularly trying. I was medivacced out with just three weeks left of the deployment. I recall as the helicopter crew chief told me we had crossed the Kuwait border and…
By Brandon Turbeville A new study coming out of the University of South Carolina shows extremely promising results for a new treatment for PTSD and substance abuse. Although the new treatment is being misbranded as a pharmaceutical intervention – the substance being used is actually…
By Vandita For decades, the pharmaceutical industry poured millions into the pockets of crony lawmakers as they lobbied to keep marijuana illegal. We understand if marijuana — a plant that can clothe, fuel, shelter, feed, and medicate — was readily available, it would destroy Big…
By Will Griffin ‘I’ve been on the wrong side of history’ I was in Iraq when President Bush announced the “surge” in January 2007. I was in Afghanistan when President Obama announced the “surge” in December 2009. But it wasn’t until I visited Standing Rock in…
By Brandon Turbeville A relatively new study coming out of the UK is now using science to confirm what many people have known for centuries – that psilocybin, the hallucinogenic chemical found in magic mushrooms is able to lift and treat severe depression in humans….
By Claire Bernish Recently, scientists scanned the brains of volunteers who’d taken LSD — and the results were nothing less than amazing. Instead of taking doses of the drug orally as is ordinarily done, the volunteers agreed to have 75 micrograms of LSD injected. The…
