Gonzo Nieto

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  Rules to Roll By

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated February 2, 2016 at 4:36am

  Let’s review some critical pieces of the debate to tease out what a sensible cannabis policy might look like.

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  Prioritize Cannabis Legalization!

  Gonzo Nieto – Published April 7, 2015

  In a recentinterview with VICE Shane Smith, President Obama was asked about his thoughts on legalizing marijuana, which was one of the most popular viewer-submitted topics for the interview.*

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  A Salvia Breakthrough: My First Trip

  Gonzo Nieto – Published March 10, 2015

  It was a warm sunny day, the summer before my friends and I would leave for college. We borrowed my parent’s van, drove down to a head shop in Toronto and bought a gram of 20x salvia extract, a bong and a jet lighter. *

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  A Guide to MDMA Harm Reduction

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated February 17, 2015 at 7:55am

  One of the most important things when taking drugs of any sort is to be well educated on their possible risks and complications and to use that information to make your use as responsible and safe as possible. Unfortunately, much of what we’re taught about drugs from school or public education campaigns is fear-based or in support of abstinence rather than education and harm reduction, reducing the accessibility of credible information about drugs.

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  Psychedelic Self-Therapy: An Interview

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated February 3, 2015 at 7:03am

  In the resurgence of psychedelic research in recent years, one of the areas that has been examined with successful results is the treatment of anxiety-related issues in psychedelic therapy.

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  Distractible Minds

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated January 13, 2015 at 8:13am

  Attention and focus are implicated in everything we do, so how well we can harness our attention has a significant impact on our lived experience and quality of life.

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  Santa’s Shamanic Origins

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated December 2, 2014 at 9:33am

  With the holidays approaching, I would like to share an interesting take on the origins of Christmas mythology.

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  A Tripper’s Guide to the Galaxy

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated November 25, 2014 at 8:46am

  T*idy up and clean the setting before tripping! A cluttered environment is a cluttered mind.

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  Could an Illegal Drug Change the Way We Treat Psychological Trauma?

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated November 18, 2014 at 8:25am

  In the last 11 years, the Iraq war has resulted in the deaths of approximately 4,500 United States soldiers. In contrast, 6,500 war veterans committed suicide in 2012 alone, amounting to roughly 18 veterans taking their own lives every day of that year. The failure of the US government to appropriately take care of war veterans’ mental health and well-being is resulting in far more casualties for the nation than war itself.

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  Psychedelic Trip Sitting

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated November 11, 2014 at 7:42am

  Above all, remember that you are there to facilitate someone else’s experience, and not to have your own.

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  A Psychedelic Renaissance

  Gonzo Nieto – Published October 28, 2014

  As university students, we know how prevalent substance use is.

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  Moving Beyond Memorization

  Gonzo Nieto – Updated January 7, 2014 at 6:51am

  We should be questioning the skills we’re being taught—for the amount of time and money we put into our education, we deserve to know that we’re getting what we’re paying for.

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  Popping Bottles: It’s Over 9,000!

  Gonzo Nieto – Published September 24, 2013

  If recent allegations about a certain extravagant end-of-the-year party are true, last year’s CSU executives may have left us with one last lapse of judgment to marvel at.

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  CSU’s Electoral Reforms Help the Union

  Gonzo Nieto – Published March 19, 2013

  It’s election time again at the Concordia Student Union, and in case you hadn’t heard, all but one of the executive positions are uncontested, as are most of the council and Senate positions.

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  Forcing the Hand of Council

  Gonzo Nieto – Published March 5, 2013

  On Feb. 13, following the resignation of the CSU president several days earlier, council met to appoint a new president.