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Phatbull Festival, the UK's first drugs awareness festival www.phatbull.org   Insights into The Fly Agaric Mushroom   Methamphetamine - discussing the facts and the hype   The UK's long running diamorphine drought   The research on pain and pain relief for opiate users . Take part in an important survey to help gather research on pain and pain relief for opiate users. Click here	Features Safe, Sound and Full of Phat: BP takes part in the UK ’s first drug awareness festival. We talk to the festival’s promoter Rod Mackenzie from PhatBull, about festivals, drugs and big party plans for 06. Amanita Muscaria: (the Fly Agaric Mushroom) - The law that recently outlawed psylocibin mushys, leaves the Fly Agaric legal. OldTheRod offers insights into the Amanita and puts tripping into perspective. An Extraordinary Life - Alexander Shulgin: Part 2 of Gary Sutton’s journey to San Francisco to meet the man with the psychoactive lab, Alexander Shulgin. The Diamorphine Drought: BP asks ‘Where has all the heroin gone?’ Eliot Albert from The Alliance helps shed some light on the disappearance of pharmaceutical heroin. The Pain Paradox : Dr Tim Mitchell brings some very interesting research to our attention. Kept in the dark for too long, issues around pain - and pain relief for opiate users are laid bare.   Reader'sContributions: CBT: V. Galvagna successfully tries Cognative Behavioural Therapy to get off methadone, and gives us a look into how it all works. Junkmail: Your letters Smoke of the Ancients: Abu Halal writes about his experiences smoking opium in 1970’s Iran Remembrances: We remember loved ones lost. Poetry and Prose Regular Features: News: Ketamine goes to C, the munchies sussed, and no sex please, we're British... Whats The Score - Users United: The National User Network Science On Substances No 11 - Methamphetamine Mind’s Eye: A new space covering drug use & mental health, by us- for us. Info Update - Drug Induced Seizures How do you Take Yours?: This issue, A&E Lifestyles look at opiate prescriptions and ask, ‘just how do you take your’s?’ The Green Piece - Super Supplements: Ben Lawrence reviews supplements to boost flagging bodies. Book Review - Narcotic Culture - A History of Drugs in China: BP wants your reviews of your favourite drug related books, movies and music Famous Users: Old Siggy Freud and his ‘dalliance’ with cocaine. Subscription information Quotes and Jokes Q & A: How long for a clean urine? Classifieds: Resources, BP info, User Events
	BP was brought to you by: Editor Erin O’Mara Editorial Support: Chris Drouet Technical Consultant: Vladimir Mandic Administrative Support: Rebecca Humphries, Chris Nicholls, Viv Galvagna Reporters & Feature Writers (A-Z): Andy, A&E Lifestyles, Steven Brennan, Chris Drouet, Claire Hodgson, Ben Lawrence, Matt McNamee, Erin O’Mara, Caro Stanford, Gary Sutton, Adam Wallace, Scottish Corrospondant: Jimmy Wilson Dance drugs Correspondant: A-Man Layout & Design: E.O’Mara Website Research: Adam Wallace In-House Photographer: Lisa Beckman Cartoonist: Gary Cooke Image Bank: V. Galvagna Proof Reading: Sue Willimot BP Consultants: Wendy O’Mara Special BP Thanks to: To our Caro, who’s courage is admired and whose spirit is loved...And all those working hard for drug user self organising, especially our friends in Serbia, Macedonia, fighting hard against ignornace, death and oppression, in some extremely difficult circumstances.

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