<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:44:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@andrewjoseph/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[20 Quotes on Psychedelic Drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The power of psychedelics is that they can reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime. —Sam Harris For until this morning I had known]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/20-quotes-on-psychedelic-drugs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/20-quotes-on-psychedelic-drugs</guid><category><![CDATA[psychedelics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:33:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/P1nnPUkSmoNYuXgWRqcqT7wfJVsW1gZBCfDMTxQyJAPMMajveJpduKsTCa21HxFqJY6kU9VdnxPGwTJmjfrF2veqepyxYCN6mew8Xh9xjYzUEcSzQpJ31QEsLJD2xCfN4yUFMVyYdyA5Wihb3agWguuNq7ZeXtnDNC2rn9f4zede8vGxruZKUtRNKJGTyv3EqCwWuPsYfV8x6LXeKYeYVvnTbSbZxan5c8spvLdNj6TYCcsfJ8hRM8Ef1TToguCQgRAGe7HXXkFkDFCDF7qn3nf9yo8BocW6ABF21iX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Prohibition of Psychedelics Burdens the Most Fundamental Right in the Grossest Way Possible]]></title><description><![CDATA[  One conclusion was forced upon my mind at that time, and my impression of its truth has ever since remained unshaken. It is that our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/the-prohibition-of-psychedelics-burdens-the-most-fundamental-right-in-the-grossest-way-possible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/the-prohibition-of-psychedelics-burdens-the-most-fundamental-right-in-the-grossest-way-possible</guid><category><![CDATA[psychedelics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 05:13:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP9WQYqRpnxJPgdeN1hdYWaA9VAdhesWxLWb1C6my1txky8HfWSbMiZU1dAc6sy9BFhAD3D2PRx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychedelics Improve Physical Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball is currently in its 140th season. Over 210,000 Major League Baseball games have been played over the decades. How many of those games do you think were thrown by pitchers under the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/psychedelics-improve-physical-performance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/psychedelics-improve-physical-performance</guid><category><![CDATA[psychedelics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 18:00:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNz6cF3prv8ZCsz21oQHsD4g59DfFcysaDmj3h6k2BNTzcUDQJAXLJGynMGkzFyvFRinZQoCX4A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Psychedelic Drugs and Happiness]]></title><description><![CDATA[All artwork herein by the wonderful Pineal Colada. Buy her work here. A sensation of well-being and renewed life flowed through me. Breakfast tasted delicious and gave me extraordinary pleasure. When I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@andrewjoseph/on-psychedelic-drugs-and-happiness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@andrewjoseph/on-psychedelic-drugs-and-happiness</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 21:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNtz47GV7X43hrfxpJxbmXiftp72g9wEu3r2gz5KRGRnJLZr1irkuCkjcqyXUVUkXDFPgoEki86?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychedelic Drugs Can Cure 'The Most Painful Condition Known to Man']]></title><description><![CDATA[All of the classic psychedelic drugs are placed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substance Act. This means they cannot be used in medicine and allegedly have "a high potential for abuse," "no]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/psychedelic-drugs-can-cure-the-most-painful-condition-known-to-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/psychedelic-drugs-can-cure-the-most-painful-condition-known-to-man</guid><category><![CDATA[psychedelics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:13:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZTc8XrXe4rDocySYRxLjjhmXGQdWZ5kATDoSXodFMNLhzNe1Js2E1raGnV32bfpPWVoCi2etCzUfdZpxGBi76pXPPF2VAuvicxAE3e1sznkWiyyBheUuDSCfn5AmTSter3GahynLMT4yfDeNbXd1nFYFQj?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Religious Sacraments: Holy Crackers and 'Evil Drugs']]></title><description><![CDATA[Above is a photo of the Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist. It is a cracker made in a factory and contains thirteen calories, two grams of carbohydrates, and a quarter of a gram of protein. Per the doctrine]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@andrewjoseph/on-religious-sacraments-holy-crackers-and-evil-drugs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@andrewjoseph/on-religious-sacraments-holy-crackers-and-evil-drugs</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6pu4ZRycQdDVu4danvn6XpTiJEUPBg3FCtbbdTUt39KdBdTrZ6DfiwBs8ag826rebpCR8ViGJkkNSF62DeLG7QjR2stAwuBg8gxhPqYfcVg8WGuZ8eX9ytgbJVcTsD8sfhGMvKrRSrYkkV2y2S1gL83WSqDT4r65UQ2at3Fu3wJadX2FTrqo2iSK2cNL9Ga4XMbHh?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[About Me: Lawyer, Writer, Psychedelic Enthusiast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello, fellow Steemians. My name is Andrew Joseph and I am a lawyer and a writer. Primarily, I write about psychedelic drugs. This is not my first post on Steemit, but I had yet failed to do my customary]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@andrewjoseph/about-me-lawyer-writer-psychedelic-enthusiast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@andrewjoseph/about-me-lawyer-writer-psychedelic-enthusiast</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2018 01:48:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQX1HQZg3riLed5KqCysMApXJ5xcrNVgQbwHivuVhNSrebSYFNvbQ7JZvwvNnCtNmQY6meAQVpA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prohibition, the Constitution, and the Path to Legalization]]></title><description><![CDATA[The following is a transcript of a talk I gave on Thursday, May 24th, 2018 at the Exploring Psychedelics conference in Ashland, Oregon. The talk was entitled "Prohibition, the Constitution, and the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@andrewjoseph/prohibition-the-constitution-and-the-path-to-legalization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@andrewjoseph/prohibition-the-constitution-and-the-path-to-legalization</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 08:02:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMbWguRBiJM1gQ5kgayq8aip9nFWpKi9ZWG3WD4JgiPLgLYtJorbZ1PRcUFcK9FiG4ARNsByKc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks to Psychedelic Drugs, "Treatment-resistant" Depression is No Longer a Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A friend told me a story recently. For about a six-month period, his first thought upon waking and his last thought before sleeping was about killing himself. This was the latter third of a roughly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/thanks-to-psychedelic-drugs-treatment-resistant-depression-is-no-longer-a-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/thanks-to-psychedelic-drugs-treatment-resistant-depression-is-no-longer-a-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[psychedelics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 11:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQygJ5a3PGGYE6MRGkZApez5LyZJ8J619hx38GTwi11T4gXbgAM4DNUFcQCTC7m8tTjh6Jizqu1Nhq7aDiFVrZK2gkBzAz8BStEyMFdLpv6WZnqdbG1oHbXBJUxzepzdbMFi9DDQHKioR1?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Prohibition of Psychedelics Retards the Evolution of Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1966, Willis W. Harmon et al. completed one of the most fascinating and important studies in all of psychology. It is also one of the most overlooked and underappreciated. So I will share it with you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/the-prohibition-of-psychedelics-retards-the-evolution-of-humanity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/the-prohibition-of-psychedelics-retards-the-evolution-of-humanity</guid><category><![CDATA[psychedelics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2018 00:22:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCGS4FBcEbzFWmn7jj9G7dUwWb1J9SbwWijVvsx9qF53FA7cKm8Y6M6gxzp2WFG8qU3WXLa9ijWT61uRM5Ptz41zDWFcE6mKk1e7jykd2qRAdb7daNyY4kR9nnjSk8CHxqcGREVMN4C9EXhm6rRi6exC3S7q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cure for Opioid Addiction is Illegal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opioid overdose deaths are climbing sharply in the United States. In 1999, a 'mere' 4,000 people died of opioid overdose. By 2010, that number had quadrupled to 16,000. In 2016, opioids killed 64,000 Americans]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opioid/@andrewjoseph/the-cure-for-opioid-addiction-is-illegal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opioid/@andrewjoseph/the-cure-for-opioid-addiction-is-illegal</guid><category><![CDATA[opioid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 09:37:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM19eBf5mzVXgDWL1u5R2QBPcehfT78PuS7H5LwwJoUqFuosuxsqwgCvARnUdaPPqQLzsSFgamPSr4iB7k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cure for PTSD is Illegal]]></title><description><![CDATA[America is currently suffering a suicide epidemic. The crisis disproportionately affects veterans, largely due to their higher rates of PTSD. Twenty United States veterans commit suicide every day. To]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/the-cure-for-ptsd-is-illegal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychedelics/@andrewjoseph/the-cure-for-ptsd-is-illegal</guid><category><![CDATA[psychedelics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 06:07:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZBBG53PwbChEbLiVS3yZSsCUxebWFg3ifYQm6u8EFCN1XtKkhjk5C6Bd5VpiZ5ehJPDWAurcte?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, The DNC had Seth Rich Murdered.  Here is How I Know.  PART 2:  Guccifer 2.0 Bombshell!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently published a comprehensive article demonstrating that the DNC is implicated in the murder of Seth Rich. Unfortunately, in that article, it appears I passed on a piece of misinformation. There,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sethrich/@andrewjoseph/yes-the-dnc-had-seth-rich-murdered-here-is-how-i-know-part-2-guccifer-2-0-bombshell-</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sethrich/@andrewjoseph/yes-the-dnc-had-seth-rich-murdered-here-is-how-i-know-part-2-guccifer-2-0-bombshell-</guid><category><![CDATA[sethrich]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewjoseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjMv4fc68qWY72wxg7zrPQcWQzB5TjnW9CD2MuXioVstbK2JhXvhmdMvDHYN21gSK6N65C5SUv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, the DNC had Seth Rich Murdered. Here is How I Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the wee hours of July 10, 2016, in the Bloomingdale area of Washington, D.C., a 27-year-old DNC staffer was shot twice in the back. He died in the hospital approximately two hours later. 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