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Contrary to popular belief, Legal Highs Store was the first online based head-shop & alternative lifestyle community to start accepting Bitcoin payments, so if anyone ever tells you otherwise just call them a dirty liar and point them in our direction. We temporarily stopped taking Bitcoin a while back, but as of today our payment facilities are up and running once more, meaning you can purchase absolutely anything from our legal highs & accessories range in exchange for your Bitcoin. For the uninitiated amongst you, Bitcoin is an innovative form of decentralised virtual currency. These pay..

The minister in charge of drug strategy Norman Baker (as a typical party loving Liberal Democrat) has called on the government to relax laws on cannabis in the UK. He has cited the mounting evidence of marijuana’s medicinal properties as his motive, and the positive effects these properties could have on individuals in need. Mr. Baker has noted that ‘credible people’ in British society are having to break the law by seeking to alleviate the their illnesses, and that recourses are being wasted on prosecuting these people. The minister has today written to the health secretary Jeremy Hunt to ..

In my previous blog posts I’ve talked about various potential applications of Salvia, such as an antidepressant or a treatment for addiction. Another large area of research into this unique plant is focussed on investigating the analgesic (painkilling) properties of Salvinorin A, the main psychedelic constituent of Salvia. A common issue with modern painkillers is the fact that they are often very addictive. Many effective painkillers, such as morphine or codeine, are mu-opioid receptor (MOR) activators. Addiction can result from improper use of opioids like morphine. An ideal painkiller wo..

A new reseach paper, published on 19th August, compared 21,967 users of "psychedlic drugs" with a representative sample of the population (130,152 total) to determine the effects of LSD, psilocybin and peyote on mental health. Have a guess at what they found... “There were no significant associations between lifetime use of any psychedelics, lifetime use of specific psychedelics (LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, peyote), or past year use of LSD and increased rate of any of the mental health outcomes. Rather, in several cases psychedelic use was associated with lower rate of mental healt..

At some point in 2009, I decided we needed a photo of some legal highs to spruce up the website a bit, so I grabbed a pack of everything we stocked at the time and half-heartedly arranged them by hue, grabbed our 5 megapixel point-and-shoot camera (typical of the 00's - took about 6 rechargeable AA batteries, used some weird ancestor of an SD card, piss-poor image quality, grain-central) and grabbed a quick snap. That'll do, I must have thought. Original "legal highs" photo from 2009 And it DID do! Pretty good going actually. I wheel it out every time I've written some content about ..

Public awareness of Salvia divinorum is always growing; mostly thanks to scaremongering media reports about the new ‘legal high’ that is threatening our safety. Unfortunately, the majority of instances of Salvia use we hear about in the media focus on reckless or irresponsible use of the plant. What we don’t hear a lot about is the responsible use of Salvia, or the amazing medical potential of the plant. Hundreds of scientists are currently studying Salvia in the hope of finding a cure for addiction, or developing groundbreaking new painkillers. It’s important that the people in government who..

In this blog series I’ve talked a lot about the potential of Salvia in the treatment of depression, addiction and pain. I also examined the molecular pharmacology of Salvinorin A, the main psychedelic constituent in Salvia. Throughout these posts, I’ve discussed how Salvinorin A itself is not ideal for therapy due to its short duration of action and the intense psychedelic effects it induces. As such, scientists are currently trying to create compounds that are based on Salvinorin A, but with additional desirable qualities, such as a longer duration of action and affinity for other receptors..

Thanks to everyone who responded to our recent customer satisfaction survey. We were blown away by all the positive comments and collected lots of useful feedback about changes you'd like us to make. I got stuck in almost immediately, and have been working on those changes every day for the past couple of weeks. In no particular order, here's what I've done so far and what's still in the pipeline: Free Delivery & Shipping to More Countries We now offer totally free first class delivery to all of the UK and have reduced EU Airmail down to £2 for small orders and free for larger ones..