Author: Erin Elizabeth

(Editor’s Note: This list is LONG. I mean it’s incredibly comprehensive so stay with it. Maybe forward it along to your family. Keep it as a reference! There is good stuff here.) While traveling through Thailand, by partner and I joked about buying a coconut plantation because it seems that everything now-a-days is coconut based! Let’s see, you’ve got coconut oil, coconut butter, coconut shreds, coconut water, coconut milk and cream, coconut flour, and even coconut soya sauce (try it, it’s actually delicious)! Coconut (C. nucifera) belongs to the Arecaceae (Palmae) family and the subfamily Cocoideae. The flesh of the coconut is...

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has authorized the use of MDMA (also known as Ecstasy) for clinical trials relating to couples experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Intended for what is called Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy (CBCT), the studies will focus on couples in which one of the people is suffering PTSD and the other, though not experiencing PTSD, is going through some sort of psychosocial distress along side their partner. The study is being run by MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.  According to their website, “MDMA may hold promise in catalyzing the effects of CBCT for PTSD....