Politics

…psilocybin therapy opt-out

Dave: The introductory session to set the intention and to sort of get the parameters of what’s going to happen, the hallucinogenic session, and then the follow up seession… all of that is laid out in this statute you want voters to say yes to. In other words, it would be Oregon law that people…

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Medicine/Healing

…‘shrooms in Canada could make waves in the US

…lawsuit over magic mushrooms could help spur the wave of liberalization the nascent industry has been pushing for. The legal challenge came about collectively through the nonprofit’s board. The lawsuit challenges… make it easier for medical patients to get access to psilocybin, arguing that current regulations violate their constitutional rights. Brought on behalf of eight…

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Anthropology

…psilocybin, we speak to local expert

…when the option for micro-dosing magic mushrooms is available… What motivates… a big step… join the forces to promote another controversial drug? Oregon currently ranks the lowest in mental health illness – a fact backed up by the Mental Health America statistics showing Oregon at No. 51 for prevalence among adults and youths. Original Article…

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Science

Compass pathways sued for purported theft of psilocybin trade secrets

This action arises out of Compass’s misappropriation of highly confidential and sensitive, proprietary information that Terran and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (“UMB”) spent years and substantial resources to develop. Thompson kept his research confidential until he started filing patent applications “disclosing and claiming certain of his then-trade secret inventions”, in August 2019. As Terran…

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Biography/Memoir

Jackson County, Oregon

August 5th, 2022: Jackson County, Oregon: Early morning warrant was served in Jackson County, Oregon and uncovered… processed psilocybin mushrooms. Police say they found… about… five pounds of psilocybin mushrooms. [The Jackson County Board of Commissioners already decided to put psilocybin on the November 2022 ballot. That vote will apply to unincorporated parts of the…

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Biography/Memoir

Jackson County, Oregon [Medford & Ashland]

August 4th, 2022: Jackson County, Oregon: The Medford City Council voted unanimously not to put a psilocybin ban on the November ballot. Medford joins Ashland as the second city in Jackson County to ensure the drug will be legalized. The measure allows for manufacturing and therapeutic use of the drug. The Jackson County Board of…

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Anthropology

Decriminalize Colorado grassroots activists to turn in signatures…

On Monday, August 8th, 2022, Decriminalize Nature Colorado will turn in their collected signatures, wrapping up an attempt to get a locally led decriminalization initiative on the Colorado ballot this November [2022]. IP 61 would revise the Colorado Controlled Substances Act to fully decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants, make possession, use, and facilitation…

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Anthropology

…psychedelic microdoses

…highlights that most FDA-approved research studies focus on the clinical outcomes of using consciousness-altering doses of psychedelics during guided sessions, and that state-regulated models only allow access to quantities of psychedelics that dramatically shift consciousness.  …with a lack of regulatory pathways to accessing sub-perceptible doses of psychedelics… seeking to create a legal pathway for microdosing…

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Politics

…psychedelics efforts advance, ‘shrooms could…

…grew out of concerns that… lead to a for-profit industry that would end up making it harder for people who’d traditionally used psychedelic drugs to access them… support a ‘grow, gather, gift’ model, so it means you’re growing your own… “Once you create a market, and a legal, regulated access framework, what you’re doing is…

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Biography/Memoir

…mind on…

Dave Miller: “Yeah, that’s what I’m curious about looking back now, what does this tell you about the way our country treats pharmaceutically made chemicals that act in our bodies and plants that act on our bodies?” Michael Pollan: “I think what’s going on in Oregon is a very important experiment for the country. We had…

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