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Happy Caps contest on Facebook

November 16, 2011 - It's contest time again on the Azarius Facebook fan page . Everyone with a Facebook account can join in and win a free Happy Caps pack ! All you have to do is post a comment on our contest post (on Facebook, not here) with the name and tag line of a fictitious new happy caps line. It could be anything you imagine, from 'Sleep-E: Never counting sheeps again' to 'Weekend-E: Hold on to...
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It's getting cold!

November 14, 2011 - Although viruses and bacteria surround and attack us all year long, our body is generally quite capable of killing off these invaders before they can do us any harm. But when the air gets colder, and heaters widen the gap between inside and outside temperatures, our immune system has a much harder time keeping us healthy. The immune system is a complex organization of organs, glands,...
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Strawberries may protect stomach from harmful effects of alcohol

November 9, 2011 - We all know eating fruits is good and healthy for the body. This facts seems further strengthened by news last week that a group of researchers have confirmed that strawberries have a beneficial effect on the antioxidant defence mechanisms and may protect against the harmful effects of alcohol on the stomach. The research group conducted the study on lab rats and found that the consumption...
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Cerchiamo Bloggers!

November 1, 2011 - Update: Thanks for the all the response so far, but please note we're looking to cooperate with an external blog/site that already has an established online presence. If you don't meet this important criteria we can't consider your offer! Pensiamo che la parte del nostro sito che offre ai nostri clienti la possibilità di fare recensioni sui nostri prodotti, sia un modo importante per...
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Law for mandatory drug tests for welfare applicants halted

October 26, 2011 - A federal judge in Florida, U.S.A. has temporarily stopped a new law that would have required welfare applicants to pass a drug test before being eligible for their benefits.The lawsuit was filed by a 35-year-old Navy veteran who applied for welfare benefits and refused to take the test. Judge Scriven stated in her 37-page injunction that the proposed law could violate the Constitution’s...
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Another step towards cannabis legalization in the US?

October 20, 2011 - Though we doubt you’ll soon be picking up prescription cannabis in the United States, the California Medical Association (CMA) recently joined cannabis advocates with an official urge for legalization and regulation. The new policy was adopted unanimously by the Board of Trustees of the largest physician group in California – the first state medical association to take this stance. The CMA...
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Dutch cabinet plans to classify ‘strong’ cannabis as Class A drug

October 13, 2011 - The Dutch cabinet has approved the proposal to classify cannabis with a THC percentage of more than 15% as a hard drug. Coffee shops are only allowed to sell cannabis with a THC percentage below 15%. Shops that don’t comply risk fines or closure. Acceptance of this proposition means another blow to the coffeeshops in the country that was once known for its liberal drug laws. Earlier this...
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14 Peruvian shamans murdered

October 12, 2011 - The Peruvian government is sending a team of officials to a remote region of the Amazon jungle to investigate the deaths of 14 shamans who were killed in a string of brutal murders. The traditional healers, all from the Shawi ethnic group, were murdered in separate incidents over the last 20 months, allegedly at the behest of a local mayor. Roger Rumrrill, an expert on Peruvian Amazon...
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Study: Magic mushrooms may permanently make you more open

September 30, 2011 - Psilocybe cubensis, commonly referred to as magic mushrooms have the potential to make a lasting change to one’s personality. This is a preliminary conclusion from a study conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers and published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. A single dose of ‘shrooms’ was enough to make a lasting impression on the personality in 30 of the 51 participants, or nearly...
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Free Shaman Aziz

September 27, 2011 - A shaman in the United Kingdom who brewed a Ayahuasca potion has been given a jail sentence of 15 months. Peter Aziz, of Buckfastleigh, Devon learned the art of making Ayahuasca by spending years in the jungles of Peru. He was caught by an undercover policeman, as he provided the brew to a small group of followers in a healing ceremony. Ayahuasca contains the powerful hallucinogenic...
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Afghanistan's poppy production on the rise

September 23, 2011 - For years, both the Afghan government and the international community have been struggling to get farmers in Southwestern part of the country to stop the production of opium. A recent effort, conducted by the Afghan government and financed by the international community that encouraged growers to abandon their poppy crops in favor of cotton appeared to be meeting with some success....
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Contrary to popular belief, marijuana doesn’t make you stupid

September 16, 2011 - We all know the way marijuana works in pieces of fiction. A single hit from a bong is enough to make a person giggle uncontrollably or lose all inhibition. Even the blockbuster action flick Transformers 2 showed people going from regular to loony in the span of a minute after eating a space cake. Whether hilarious or not, pop culture more often than not portrays potheads as lazy, unemployed and...
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Dutch political party GroenLinks: Legalize use of hard drugs

September 12, 2011 - In an interview with the local Amsterdam TV station AT5, the political party GroenLinks stated that the use of hard drugs should be made legal in Amsterdam. Currently the Dutch Opium laws do not forbid the use of hard drugs, though the city of Amsterdam does explicitly forbid it in its police regulation. City counsel member Marco de Goede of GroenLinks: “People that use [hard drugs] and...
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Free weed on the streets of San Jose

September 6, 2011 - A few days ago a truck crashed and flipped over in the middle of a busy intersection in San Jose, USA. The driver fled the scene as the contents of the truck was thrown all over the street; a large quantity of marijuana bags. Several cars and pedestrians stopped to quickly pick up the bags lying in the street, before the police arrived. The San Jose authorities confiscated the remaining bags...
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Phase II Study: Ecstasy and post-traumatic stress disorder

August 31, 2011 - MDMA or XTC may well provide relief to people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As we’ve posted before , small trial studies have shown the potentially beneficial effects when using ecstasy in a supervised manner and in conjunction with intense psychotherapy. Now the phase-II study is well under way and the focus is on US war veterans that are heavily traumatized by the...
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Why France should legalise cannabis

August 26, 2011 - In a recent article on Guardian Weekly , economist Pierre Kopp of Paris University stated that France could be far better off legalising cannabis. Kopp compared the costs of enforcing strict cannabis laws in France to the possible cost when made legal. According to the economist, the most important factor is duty levied by the state. As with tobacco the price needs to be high enough (no...
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Modified XTC could be used in cancer treatment

August 19, 2011 - Researchers from Birmingham University claim the active component in XTC, MDMA, could be used to treat several forms of cancer after making it 100 times more effective at suppressing growth. Ecstasy was already known to be effective against more than half of white blood cell cancers, but previously the large dose required to treat a tumour would also have killed the patient. In a study...
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SALE: Peyote cluster B-quality (update: sale ended)

August 18, 2011 - Update 26-8: The sale has ended! Any Peyote you order will now once again be A-quality unless indicated otherwise on the product page. The cacti are once again in need of your help! This time we’re not talking about the San Pedro puppies but the Peyote cacti clusters . A small amount of our Peyote cluster stock is showing slight discolouration or a misshapen form and we have decided...
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Real Dragonfly Sale!

August 17, 2011 - At Azarius we have to follow the latest trends and hottest new substances, as any good smartshop does, and it’s with great pride that we announce that we’re the first smartshop to offer actual Dragonfly extract! Okay, just kidding. What we do have is a clearance sale on Kratom Thai liquid extract - previously known as Thai Dragonfly. In what can only be described as ‘Crouching...
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New package deals incl. Kanna and Kratom

August 11, 2011 - We all know that good things come in small large packages. We’ve just added new package deals and updated a few popular ones in our smartshop packs category. These packs are certainly interesting for the big smartshop fans but can just as easily serve as an introduction to a particular product or form a great gift package. You’ll especially like the prices. The new packs:...
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Psychedelics Poll

August 9, 2011 - As a smartshop, we’ve found that a lot of our customers are very interested in the psychedelic products category . But what we don’t know is which product you guys rate the highest. Sure, we could look at sales figures, but that doesn’t take into account the differences in price, quantities and so on. That’s why we wanted to ask you for your personal favourite psychedelic product. See the...
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Study positive effects of XTC

August 2, 2011 - Two neuropsychologists of the University Maastricht in the Netherlands have received a sizeable grant for a behavioural study looking into the positive effects of XTC with repeated use of the drug. The few official studies that have been conducted with regards to XTC have all focused primarily on the negative effects, such as deterioration of the memory. According to parapsychologist Kim...
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Il Forum è tornato on line

July 20, 2011 - Ci scusiamo per la lunga attesa, ma il forum è tornato on-line. Se iprima avevi un conto e hai fatto almeno un post, dovrai richiederci una nuova password. Questo lo puoi fare cliccando qui . -The Azarius team
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Help us give these guys a new home!

July 19, 2011 - Update: Thank you! All available B+ cacti have found a nice home. Azarians, lend me your ears! The San Pedro cacti are in desperate need of your help. We’ve got a large batch of these cute green puppies cacti that could use a little love and a good home as opposed to a stuffy warehouse. These B-quality cacti are definitely as psychoactive as the normal ones, just a little misshapen...
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I nuovi semi dalla Serious Seeds

July 6, 2011 - Per la prima volta da molto tempo la nostra selezione di semi di marijuana Serious Seeds è aumentata, con 4 nuove varietà : Biddy Early , Double Dutch , Motavation e Warlock . La Serious Seeds è una banca del seme fissata nel proporvi una gamma di semi di prima qualità, attentamente selezionata. Si distingue da tutte le altre ditte di semi per le poche varietà di semi che offre nel...
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LSD-analog alleviates cluster headaches

July 1, 2011 - I risultati di un recente studio, presentati al Congresso Internazionale sui Mal di Testa, indicano che i malati della cefalea a grappolo, una delle condizioni note più dolorose, può befeficiare dal trattamento del 2-bromo-LSD (BOL-148), una forma non-allucinogena di LSD. Sei pazienti sono stati trattati con la sostanza e hanno mostrato una significativa riduzione della cefalea a grappolo...
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Kannabia promo and give-away

June 24, 2011 - Our friends at Kannabia Seeds hooked us up with some nice goodies, and we're passing them right along to you! From today onwards, you receive a free Mataró Blue seed with each pack of Kannabia Seeds you buy. Mataró Blue belongs to Kannabia's most tasteful and best yielding varieties. And for some trivia: The strain owes its name to the birthplace of Kannabia Seeds! Besides the free...
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Una ricerca sulla psicoterapia assistita dall'LSD, è quasi completa.

June 10, 2011 - Uno studio sull'utilizzo clinico di LSD, come parte di un trattamento di psicoterapia contro l'ansia, è in fase di completamento. Lo studio, eseguito da psichiatri in Svizzera, è molto importante perché è il primo del suo genere in 35 anni. Il rapporto iniziale del ricercatore in a capo di questi esperimenti dice che tutti i 12 partecipanti sembrano aver beneficiato dalla terapia a base di...
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Forum down for extended maintenance

June 7, 2011 - Due to some recent technical problems we've now decided to rebuild the forums. Unfortunately this means the forum will be offline a lot longer than we initially hoped. We apologize for any inconvenience. As always, should you have any questions concerning the status of your orders, please contact our Customer Support . -The Azarius Team
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Aiuta mettere fine alla "war on drungs" con Avaaz!!!

May 26, 2011 - Nei prossimi giorni, potremmo iniziare a vedere l'inizio della fine della "guerra alle droghe". Questa costosa href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/" guerra ha completamente fallito a frenare la diffusione della tossicodipendenza, costando la vita a molte persone, la devastazione di communità, e immettendo miliardi di dollari nella malavita. Gli esperti concordano tutti che la politica più...
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