Politics

…decriminalization of [psilocybe] mushrooms and other plants and fungi…

February 23, 2022By

…decriminalizes “the possession, use, cultivation, production, creation, analysis, giving away, and delivery by or between natural persons… psilocybin, psilocyn, ibogaine, mescaline… and dimethyltryptamine” which the Initiative refers to as “natural plants and mushrooms.” Relatedly… [questions about] a change to the definition of the term “drug paraphernalia” to specifically exclude “testing equipment, products, or materials used,…

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Biography/Memoir

…spends big on Oregon politics

February 23, 2022By

The Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board is considering adding conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements to its bylaws… at least two board members have formed LLCs related to psilocybin use. …the board will discuss two proposed amendments: one that would require members of the board and its subcommittees to disclose conflicts of interest more generally, and another that specifically…

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Biography/Memoir

…DEA and FDA approval to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms in the United States

February 23, 2022By

…the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved… company to cultivate Psilocybe cubensis… under their Schedule I Research License. …saves… an estimated $2.5MM annually in R&D costs associated with procuring Schedule I drug compounds from approved third-party vendors… the first vertically integrated… psilocybin… Original Article (Digital Journal):Mycrodose…

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Politics

Psilocybin… associated with lowered odds of having been arrested, study finds

February 23, 2022By

…found that… psilocybin… people… reported significantly lowered odds of having been arrested for larceny, burglary, robbery, simple assault/battery, serious violence, DUI, and miscellaneous crimes. For their new study, the researchers analyzed nationally representative data from The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey that collects information on drug use and mental health…

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Politics

From the community editorial board: psilocybin mushrooms

February 22, 2022By

Every single one of us, whether we identify as progressive or conservative or somewhere in between, has strong opinions about the right way to live, how to treat others, and how others should act. This is not necessarily problematic; human societies have developed and enforced their own moral codes since the earliest days of civilization.…

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Politics

…psychedelic revolution has arrived

February 22, 2022By

Baby-faced and earnest… City Council member was an assistant city attorney before he began repping… So when a group of activists approached… about decriminalizing psychedelics early in 2021, all their talk of psychoactive substances went way over his head. He’d never used magic mushrooms let alone studied the science and policy surrounding substances that, the advocates stressed,…

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Politics

DEA psychedelics ban to undergo rare legal hearings…

February 19, 2022By

Researchers and advocates scored a procedural victory… in their fight against the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA)… the fact that cannabis and other entheogenic substance remain Schedule I drugs – meaning the agency determined it has no medical value and a high abuse potential – has particularly called into question DEA’s judgment in these matters. Not…

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Politics

Paralysis… psilocybin plan…

February 19, 2022By

…Oregon has to strike a delicate balance between keeping patients safe, allowing businesses to operate and respecting people’s individual rights. It would be ideal if people could buy their own psilocybin products, know exactly what’s in them, take them home, and use them as they wish, potentially in trusted company. Allowing home grow is also…

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