Friends of Erowid,

The Erowid crew just returned from the LSD Symposium in Basel, Switzerland about 10 days ago. It was a great event with people from all over the world congregating to discuss LSD and wish Albert a happy 100th birthday. Dr. Hofmann seemed to be in great spirits and health. We're glad we were able to be part of this memorable event. (see item #1 below for more info)

So now we're back at home, playing catch-up with all the projects and business that continued on without us while we were gone. If you're waiting for something from us, give us another week before you assume we're not getting to it! :)

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

peace,
fire & earth

1. Reviews and Impressions from the 2006 LSD Symposium
   Erowid.org/general/conferences/2006_lsd_symposium/2006_lsd_symposium.shtml
   
   A growing collection of reviews, photos, and links about the LSD Symposium held in Basel Switzerland in mid January. If you attended the conference and have material you'd like to share, please consider submitting them here.
   
   
2. Intro to Erowid Extracts Issue 8, by Earth & Fire Erowid
   Erowid.org/general/newsletter/erowid_newsletter8_intro.shtml
   
   This introductory article from Erowid Extracts 8 talks about the changing landscape within which Erowid has worked for the past ten years.
   
   
3. Military Personnel Drug Abuse Testing Program
   Erowid.org/psychoactives/testing/testing_military1.pdf
   
   U.S. Department of Defense instructions on testing procedures for the military personnel drug abuse testing program.
   
   
4. DOM Dose Page
   Erowid.org/chemicals/dom/dom_dose.shtml
   
   Added a new page summarizing the dosage levels for DOM (STP).
   
   
5. U.K. Moves Ketamine to Class C
   Erowid.org/chemicals/ketamine/ketamine_law.shtml#uk
   
   Information on the recent placement of Ketamine into Class C in the U.K.
   
   
6. Art Vaults
   Erowid.org/culture/art/
   
   Five new artists have been added to the art vaults this month.
   
   November Featured Artist: Ghud
   Erowid.org/culture/art/artists_g/art_ghud.shtml
   
   
7. The Erowid Review
   Three new book reviews were published:
   
   "Enzyklopädie der psychoaktiven Pflanzen", reviewed by Jonathan Ott
   Erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=180
   
   "Voices From The Farm", reviewed by Scotto
   Erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=189
   
   "O Uso Ritual da Ayahuasca", reviewed by Jimmy Weiskopf
   Erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=191
   
   
8. Nine Books Added to the Library / Bookstore
   Erowid.org/library/books/
   
   "Passion Flowers", by John Vanderplank
   Erowid.org/library/books/passion_flowers.shtml
   
   "Drinking Lightning", by Philip Rubinov-Jacobson
   Erowid.org/library/books/drinking_lightning.shtml
   
   "The Naked Truth About Drugs", by Daniel E. Williams
   Erowid.org/library/books/naked_truth_about.shtml
   
   
9. 59 New Experience Reports
   Erowid.org/experiences/exp.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2005&M1=12&D1=22&Y2=2006&M2=01&D2=31
   
   

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

Conducts laboratory testing of street Ecstasy tablets. (requires a $30 co-pay)

No new testing results were posted this month.

The Ecstasydata project's funding ran out August 1st, 2005. We are no
longer accepting pills sent in for testing and are currently seeking
grants to support this important project.

Please see http://www.ecstasydata.org/ for details on how you can help.



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