Friends of Erowid,

It's Solstmas again, that time of the year when many major religions and secular cultures around the world celebrate new beginnings and the spirit of giving. No stranger to the season's motifs, Erowid celebrates by filling the office with holiday music, trying out new recipes, developing the Solstmas meme, and catching up on the backlog from the last couple months.

This has been a stellar year of growth for Erowid and we look forward to the next few months, lots of new site stuff in the works. Please consider the site in your end-of-year giving and careful with the eggnog. Don't forget, we still have art glass molecules available!

Erowid.org/donations/incentives_molecule.php

As usual, we welcome submissions, suggestions, criticisms, or corrections at submissions@erowid.org.

peace,
fire & earth

1. Prescription Pain Medication Survey
   https://www.inflexxionstudies.com
   
   We're helping recruit people to complete a survey on the non-medical use of opioid pharmaceuticals. If you've used prescription pain medications (either medically or non-medically), consider filling out this survey. We also have a summary of the research info on on our research volunteers needed page: Erowid.org/psychoactives/health/health_research.shtml
   
   
2. Back on the Road End-of-Year Donation?
   https://paypal.com/xclick/?business=donations@erowid.org&cmd=_xclick&item_name=Donation
   
   To properly deliver t-shirts, newsletters, glass molecules, and other gifts to its members, Erowid needs a functioning sleigh. Alas, we recently had a low-speed accident on a slippery mountain road that involved no injuries but totaled our car. All-in-all it was probably one of the most pleasant ways to roll a car on its side. Ack! Please be more careful than we were on icy roads, folks :]
   
   Perhaps you'd consider an small contribution via PayPal as we face the purchase of a replacement vehicle following last week's minor disaster. If even half of those who receive this message donate $2, we're more than covered.
   
   
3. Mushroom Pioneers, by John Allen
   Erowid.org/library/books_online/mushroom_pioneers/
   
   A complete online version of John Allen's short book "Mushroom Pioneers", covering the history of psilocybin mushrooms and those individuals who have been important in psilocybin mushroom research. Includes 90 photos and bios of important individuals. An excellent overview of the people in the field.
   
   
4. Dihydrocodeine Vault
   Erowid.org/pharms/dihydrocodeine/
   
   The beginnings of a new vault about the opioid Dihydrocodeine. Includes law, drug testing info, and links.
   
   
5. The Spirit of Albert, by Fire & Earth
   Erowid.org/conferences/2006_lsd_symposium/2006_lsd_symposium_article1.shtml
   
   Conference report from Extracts Issue #10 about the events held in Basel, Switzerland on the occasion of Albert Hofmann's 100th birthday.
   
   
6. The Future of Human Consciousness, by Myron Stolaroff
   Erowid.org/culture/characters/stolaroff_myron/stolaroff_myron_article_future.pdf
   
   Transcript of Myron Stolaroff's presentation at the 2006 LSD Symposium.
   
   
7. Basics Vault: Integration Tips
   Erowid.org/psychoactives/basics/basics_article2.shtml
   
   CB and other contributors offer ideas for improving integration of a strong psychedelic experience and/or crisis.
   
   
8. Review of "Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics"
   Erowid.org/culture/characters/stolaroff_myron/stolaroff_myron_article_zigzag.pdf
   
   A 2005 review by Myron Stolaroff of Zig Zag Zen. Published in 2002, Zig Zag Zen was edited by Allan Hunt Badiner and Alex Grey.
   
   
9. Gracie & Zarkov PDFs
   A volunteer has been working on putting together printable PDFs of some of his favorite articles. Thanks to zhah!
   
   "DMT: How and Why to Get Off"
   Erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt_info1.pdf
   
   "Three Beta-Carboline Containing Plants as Potentiators of Synthetic DMT and Other Indole Psychedelics"
   Erowid.org/plants/syrian_rue/syrian_rue_info1.pdf
   
   
10. Art Vaults
    Erowid.org/culture/art/
    
    One new artist was added to the Art Vaults in the last month.
    
    December Featured Artist: ValleySequence
    Erowid.org/art/artists_v/art_valleysequence.shtml
    
    
11. The Erowid Review
    Two new book reviews were posted:
    
    "Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom", reviewed by Mike Jay
    Erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=217
    
    "Psychedelic Horizons", reviewed by Bruce Sewick
    Erowid.org/library/review/review.php?p=218
    
    
12. 137 New Experience Reports
    Erowid.org/experiences/exp.cgi?DateRange&Y1=2006&M1=11&D1=17&M2=12&D2=16
    
    
13. Help by Starting your Amazon purchases at Erowid :)
    
    Visit Amazon.com through our portal: Erowid.org/donations/donations_help.php, and purchases made during that visit will trigger a percentage (5-7%) of the sale to be credited to Erowid at no extra cost to you!
    
    

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

Conducts laboratory testing of street Ecstasy tablets.

Results for eight tablets from October through December 16: http://www.ecstasydata.org/results.php?A=DateRange&Y1=2006&M1=10&D1=01&M2=12&D2=16

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