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Kratom and the DEA: so far, so good (and a reason to thank Sen. Hatch)
Startled by the immediate and widespread opposition to their proposed emergency ban of kratom in the fall of last year, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) backtracked on the action and...
View ArticleRelief for the Chronically Inspired
Making the best of a Valium dependency. To be honest, I was a bit of a weird kid. Today I think they would diagnose me with some kind of learning disability and give me extra time in a room with some...
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The Artist at Home: John deJong
The studio of John deJong is an extraordinary place—an emanation of an extraordinary mind. I have visited many artists’ studios, and I have one of my own, but the sheer magnitude and variety of John’s...
View ArticleA Stone’s Throw
The Buddha on 9th. Buddhists are a rather serene lot, and that serenity came to the test recently when vandals threw a 25-pound rock through the face of the terra-cotta Buddha statue in the shrine in...
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The art of dying well: Death doulas help people experience a “Good death”
Transitions are rarely easy. We come into this world in a welter of drama—one way or the other, exiting the womb is a pretty big deal. Leaving this world is also uncomfortable, and in the Western...
View ArticleInsomniac finds sleep
Learning to trust the wisdom of the body death is the surname of sleep but the surname unknown to us sleep is the daily end of life a small exercise in death which is its sister but not every brother...
View ArticlePsychedelics, science and mental health
First Intermountain Psychedelics Symposium meets in Salt Lake City this month If you’re a regular reader of this publication, chances are you’re already familiar with psychedelic therapy. Over the...
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Passion and restraint: The rise of spicy food in Utah
Sixteen years ago I moved to Utah and was greeted with two jokes: first, that all spicy food was intercepted at the state border and dusted down with a mythical “blanding agent,” and second, that...
View ArticleNot fade away: Quintessential good/food citizen Jorge Fierro feels love
Jorge Fierro feels love from the community he has graciously served for two decades as his longtime Westside business, Rico Brand Mexican Foods, faces eviction by a new landlord developer. Salt Lake...
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Utah’s mycophile nexus: meet the mushroom people
There’s a word for it in the Potawatomi language: puhpowee, the force that causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight. We’re lucky to have fungi—a whole kingdom of organisms ready to help us...
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