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Neurons to Nirvana: Film Premiere and Discussion Panel Fundraiser
Thursday 8th May
Paddington RSL
220 Oxford St, Paddington
Door and lounge open at 6pm, film starts 7pm
http://www.entheo.net/ega_shop
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Sydney Evolver Spore is organising a Sydney screening of the film Neurons to Nirvana.
Neurons to Nirvana is a mind-blowing documentary about the resurgence of psychedelics as medicines. Through interviews with the world’s foremost researchers, writers, psychologists and pioneers in psychedelic psychotherapy, Neurons to Nirvana explores the history of five powerful psychedelic substances (LSD, Psilocybin, MDMA, Ayahuasca and Cannabis) and their now well established medicinal potential.
Following the film we will have a panel discussion with some of the luminaries of drug law reform and psychedelic research in Australia:
Alex Wodak is Australia's leading expert on drug law reform. Dr. Wodak is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and was President of the International Harm Reduction Association (1996-2004). He helped establish the first needle syringe programme and the first medically supervised injecting centre in Australia (when both were pre-legal) and often works in developing countries on HIV control among injecting drug users.
Steve McDonald is the Association Secretary of Psychedelic Research in Science & Medicine Inc (PRISM), a non-profit organisation founded in 2011. He is currently working to establish an Australian clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, which is PRISM's first study and a part of the USA-based Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies' global research program.
Sebastian Job is an anthropologist at Sydney University. His work has concentrated on philosophical issues involved in the sacramental use of plant entheogens or ‘psychedelics’ in Peru, Mexico, and Australia. He is interested in anthropology’s capacity to illuminate the current highly pathological world situation and the existential and political possibilities open to humanity.
This event will be a fundraiser for Entheogenesis Australis and PRISM (Psychedelic Research in Science in Medicine). Entheogenesis works tirelessly to produce events and educational resources to support, educate and strengthen the psychedelic community in Australia. Recently, they launched a Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/entheotv) with recorded talks from past events. Funds raised from this film screening will directly contribute to making more material from the EGA archive available online.
PRISM is an independent non-profit research association that investigates the potential of psychedelics as medicines. PRISM is currently working to establish the first clinical trials of MDMA in Australia.
There is a slow wave building as more and more research leads mainstream society to reconsider its attitudes and beliefs about the risks and potential benefits of psychedelic substances. Never before has real and meaningful change on this issue seemed possible. We hope that you can come surf the crest of that wave with us on the 8th May for a very special evening to support these trail blazing organisations.
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Tickets and full details available here: http://www.entheo.net/ega_shop
Film trailer: http://vimeo.com/75152295
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook...054762/?fref=ts
Sydney Spore page: http://goo.gl/XbbxF3
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