Greetings Friends,

We hope you all had a great holiday season. In December we managed the psychoactive mushroom table at the Mycological Society of San Francisco's annual Mushroom Fair. This is the third year in a row that we've participated in the fair, a highly recommended event for those in the SF Bay Area who are interested in fungi of any kind: edible, medicinal, poisonous, or psychoactive.

We're pleased to announce that we were successful in our most recent goal of reaching 800 members by the end of the 2003. Our next goal will be 1,000 members by June 1st.

We're now getting back on track after the holidays, working on a variety of projects, but focusing much of our time on continuing work towards Erowid 3.0.

We welcome submissions, suggestions, criticisms, or corrections at submissions@erowid.org.

peace,
fire, earth, & the Erowid crew

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INDEX

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1. New Character Vaults
   Erowid.org/culture/characters/
   
   The Character Vaults have undergone a facelift over the past month. They have been upgraded to Erowid 3.0 and we have been updating old pages and adding new vaults and articles. Newly added characters include:
   
   Charles Baudelaire
   John Beresford
   Nicholas Saunders
   Paul Stamets
   Sidney Cohen
   Myron Stolaroff
   Ralph Metzner
   Art Kleps
   Al Hubbard
   Abbie Hoffman
   Roger Heim
   Jochen Gartz
   Rick Strassman
   Jerry Garcia
   Havelock Ellis
   Walter Pahnke
   
   
   
2. Known LSD Interactions
   Erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd_interactions.shtml
   
   An attempt at a new type of page for recording known negative interactions between different chemicals. At this point there is only one LSD interaction noted.
   
   
   
3. Intentional Communities
   Erowid.org/culture/communities/communities.shtml
   
   A new vault consisting (at this point) primarily of links to existing intentional communities, communies, and eco-villages.
   
   
   
4. Amineptine Law
   Erowid.org/pharms/amineptine/amineptine_law.shtml
   
   Information about the legal status of Amineptine.
   
   
   
5. Ayahuasca Healing Sessions
   Erowid.org/chemicals/ayahuasca/ayahuasca_writings4.shtml
   
   A description of Ayahuasca healing sessions by Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Originally published in 1972.
   
   
   
6. Mescal: A New Artificial Paradise
   Erowid.org/plants/peyote/peyote_article1.shtml
   
   An early article on Peyote from 1898, describing an experience by Havelock Ellis.
   
   
   
7. Society for Neuroscience Conference Notes
   Erowid.org/general/conferences/conference_sfn1.shtml
   
   Notes from the roundtable titled: How Does the Neurobiology of Drug Addiction Inform Treatment Choices, Social Policy and Criminal Justice?
   
   
   
8. EU Tells Members to Control 2C-I, 2C-T-2, 2C-T-7, TMA-2
   Erowid.org/chemicals/2ci/2ci_law2.shtml
   
   Text of the European Union Commission's order that member states control this set of chemicals.
   
   
   
9. HPPD Research
   Erowid.org/psychoactives/health/health_research.shtml
   
   Researchers are seeking HPPD (Hallucinogen Persisting Perceptual Disorder) sufferers to receive brain scans in a hospital in Paris, France. Although they are offering no reimbursement for travel or other pay, participants can receive copies of their brain scans and will be helping shed light on a poorly understood problem.
   
   
   
10. eScottology
    Erowid.org/columns/scotto/
    
    Two new installments of the monthly column by Scott O. Moore.
    December: Pleasing Obliteration
    October: Addicted to Everything
    
    
    
11. Art Vaults
    November Featured Artist: Jioui
    
    The art vault underwent a major overhaul last month with the new version launched in December. It should now be easier to navigate, with better categorizing for artists and images. Since the update, 19 new artists have been added.
    January Featured Artist: Michael Brown
    
    
    
12. 234 New Experience Reports
    Erowid.org/experiences/exp.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2003&M1=11&D1=23&Y2=2004&M2=01&D2=16
    
    
13. Books Added to the Library / Bookstore
    We've added 7 new books to the library. Highlights include:
    
    Chemical Ecstasy
    The Dictionary of Sacred and Magical Plants
    Medicinal Plants
    Techgnosis
    
    
    
14. Upcoming Calendar Events
    Erowid.org/general/calendar/
    
    Entheogenesis Conference - Jan 31-Feb 1
    The Ayahuasca Visionary Art School - Feb 8-21
    
    
    

For a more complete listing of What's New at Erowid go to: Erowid.org/new.php

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EcstasyData.org

Between Nov 22 and Jan 16, no new results were posted.

*** PLEASE NOTE ***

All testing has been suspended while further project funding is sought. The project operates at a minimum annual cost of $18,000. Anyone with serious suggestions for grant or funding sources, please contact admin@ecstasydata.org.

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