James Davis: Drugs Are Already Legal (Just For Certain People + Corporations)

M+P family, join us for a remarkable conversation with James Davis, the founder of Bay Staters for Natural Medicine: a grassroots group that has worked with 6 cities to end arrests for possessions, sharing, and growing psilocybin mushrooms and related plants. They also offer a facilitator network where they train individuals in HOW to be peer trip sitters for one another and host mushroom forages for ALL kinds of mushrooms (and so much more).  Coming from a background on the cannabis committee for the state of MA and in legislature serving the vice mayor in Berkley CA city counsel, James’s interest in this work was born from the life-changing relationship he’s formed with psilocybin.  “Psilocybin changed me as a person: it helped me accept love from other people, and work through a lot of trauma that conventional therapy had not helped me do.”  We go: James's origins as an alien (his mother was born in Roswell, if you know, you know)  Story of his home almost burning down due to a nearby Methamphetamine lab exploding in the trailer park where he grew up The oddities of attending college and witnessing peers utilize Adderall (only a few molecules away from meth in chemical composure). The powerful truth that drugs are already legal, just for certain people and corporations to sell them to us.  James's mission and soul purpose in ENDING THE WAR ON DRUGS The power of cannabis as an ally. Dr. Fatemi entirely considers her relationship to the plant medicine marijuana, a psychedelic one.  Mushrooms have been working as our allies since the dawn of time, lest we forget: James + Dr. Fatemi remind us of several profound historical moments that mushrooms assisted the course of human evolution Questioning if capitalism has a place in medicine - pill for profit is inherently questionable - join us in questioning this.  Medicine must be people first. Contemplating THE NATURALNESS OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION These are profound teachers.  THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF US ALL. We have become so divorced from our food systems. The Controlled Substance Act is one of the most antiscientific laws in US history. The power of voicing stories to our council members and local legislators.  We are empathic creatures and storytelling is intrinsically life-changing: speak up.  Connect with James: https://www.baystatersnm.org/