{"id":7166,"date":"2015-05-06T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7166"},"modified":"2015-05-06T14:30:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T20:30:01","slug":"ancient-precedents-for-a-norwegians-pro-psychedelic-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7166","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Precedents for a Norwegian’s Pro-Psychedelic Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"berserkers\"

This cartoon was not part of the New York Times story, in case you wondered.<\/p><\/div>\n

A campaign to legalize LSD, MDMA, and other psychedelics in Norway reaches for ancient precedents<\/a>. Didn’t the Sami (Lapp) shamans maybe use entheogens? What about those Viking who allegedly chewed on Amanita muscaria<\/em>?<\/p>\n

(Via law-blogger Ann Althouse<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A campaign to legalize LSD, MDMA, and other psychedelics in Norway reaches for ancient precedents. Didn’t the Sami (Lapp) shamans maybe use entheogens? What about those Viking who allegedly chewed on Amanita muscaria? 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