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Home HomeWhat’s new Latest activity Authors Forums ForumsNew posts Search forums What’s new What’s newNew posts Latest activity Donations (via MAPS) Research Portal Mission Statement Log in Register What’s new Search Search Search titles only By: Search Advanced search… What’s new Latest activity Authors Menu Log in Register Install the app Install JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in s are, more often than not, represented in negative ways within dominant discourse, a disconnect that can create adverse consequences for people who use drugs, through the production of stigma and shame leading to poor health and social outcomes. A key difference in how drugs are understood by people who use drugs is the capacity of the former to recognize positive aspects... Continue… News Spiritual use of cannabis: Thanks, Bluelight community! Oct 30 Tronica Oct 30, 2020 3,429 11 A study titled ’Cannabis as entheogen: survey and interview data on the spiritual use of cannabis’ was recently published in the Open Access ’Journal of Cannabis Research’. The Bluelight community contributed to the survey, along with other online communities, including the Shroomery and DMT Nexus. Abstract: This article uses qualitative interviews and quantitative survey data to explore spiritually motivated use of cannabis. Of 265 survey participants who reported their motivations for cannabis use, 25% indicated a spiritual motivation (the corresponding figure for psychedelics was 69% ). These spiritual cannabis users reported experiences with cannabis that, at least in some ways, tended to resemble experiences with psychedelics. In interviews, spiritually motivated cannabis users often emphasized that overuse would diminish the impact of the cannabis experience, which supports previous research that has identified a build-up of tolerance to the effects of cannabis. Some... Continue… News Bluelight Research on Ketamine as a Treatment for Depression and PTSD Jun 17 Tronica Jun 17, 2020 10,772 36 Bluelight Research on Ketamine as a Treatment for Depression and PTSD Bluelight would like to congratulate Tharcila Chaves and her colleagues on their recent publication: The use of ketamine to cope with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative analysis of the discourses posted on a popular online forum. The paper was published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. The abstract is quoted below: Background Because of the shortcomings of traditional pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there has been growing interest in the rapid mood-enhancing effect of ketamine. Objectives To analyze what has been posted about ketamine use for dealing with self-reported depression and/or PTSD on one of the biggest international message boards on the internet. Methods Qualitative study with online observation of threaded discussions on Bluelight. In-depth online searches were conducted in 2018. Twenty-nine... Continue… ***COVID-19 Thread Directory*** Apr 10 S.J.B. Apr 10, 2020 5,687 0 Hi Bluelighters! Want to find out the latest info about the COVID-19 epidemic, discuss how it affects the lives of those who use drugs, read the experience of others who have had the virus, or vent about how the virus or the measures enacted to combat it have affected you? During the pandemic, we will be regularly updating this handy listing of COVID-19-related threads that can be found throughout the forum: Basic Drug Discussion [Opioids] Oxycodone for Coronavirus, will Oxy ease any of the symptoms? (Mar. 19) [Heroin] Covid-19 What about the junkies? (Mar. 20) Has Covid-19 affected drug supply/anything drug related in your community? (Mar. 21) Cannabis Discussion Cannabis use and COVID-19. (Mar. 29) Lawmakers push congressional leaders to include marijuana businesses in coronavirus relief bill (Apr. 23) Sports & Image Enhancing Drugs The Official SIED Coronavirus Thread v. My Nuts & City is shutdown (Mar. 18 ) If I catch Corona should I stop taking AAS? (Mar. 22) Corona... Continue… News Attachments have been disabled Feb 19 TheLoveBandit Feb 19, 2020 4,063 0 Over the past 6mo of 2019, we saw an incredible growth in the size of our database, far outpacing anything in our 20y history. While we might initially say "YAY! We are growing and really active!!!" this is not entirely true. It is partly true, and we’ll bump the stats thread with that bit. But this is not site traffic, this is the SIZE of our database. We’ve identified that is tied to the ability to upload attachments in some parts of the site. As such, we are switching off the ability to upload attachments. If you need to share a picture, please get it hosted somewhere and use the image linking that is available. We’re sorry for the inconvenience, but this is necessary to keep the database manageable. Thank you. Continue… February 12th is Black Bluelight Day Feb 11 Sebastians_ghost Feb...