Biography/Memoir

Oregonians’ access to psilocybin therapy is coming in 2023. What might it look like?

While much of the future of psilocybin services in Oregon remains a mystery, one Eugene-based group has begun envisioning a dream and assembling a plan. Over the summer, Subtle Wind’s facilitator training program curriculum was approved by the Oregon Health Authority, and they are awaiting approval from the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Committee. Original Article…

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Anthropology

Colorado voters will soon decide whether to decriminalize 5 natural psychedelics

If successful, the Colorado initiative would represent the broadest liberalization of psychedelic policy ever approved in the United States. The covered activities, which would not be subject to criminal or civil penalties, include “growing, cultivating, or processing plants or fungi capable of producing natural medicine for personal use.” Also protected: possessing, storing, using, transporting, or…

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Anthropology

Is America about to enter a new era of psychedelics?

In fact, local-based initiatives have even been leading local reform… now it seems we are on the precipice of a psychedelic renaissance, that could once again see the federal government joining the revolution. The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) is federal law and this classification creates constraints on psychedelic research and access across different states, just…

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Science

Nearly half of U.S. adults support legalizing some psychedelics…

…when asked whether they would support legalization of some or all psychedelics for other purposes, 28 percent were in favor of legalization for religious or spiritual purposes, while 26 percent were in favor of recreational legalization.  One survey carried out in August 2022 among 181 U.S. psychiatrists found many took issue with the federal classification of some…

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Biography/Memoir

The future of coffee looks psychedelic 

Since both Wunderground and Puff Coffee are based in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR respectively… both cities have decriminalized entheogens (aka psychedelics)… the reason they feel confident in this shroom experiment… a psilocybin-infused coffee made in collaboration with Puff Coffee, the new coffee venture of Stumptown Coffee… “As a country, we witnessed OxyContin being approved…

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Politics

Oregon is voting on [adult-use] psilocybin, again

This time it’s local: Two-thirds of Oregon counties will decide whether to allow or ban… psilocybin. The state’s psilocybin opt-out policy is consistent with most states’ cannabis legalization laws: Residents can vote to ban sales, but not re-criminalize possession… opt-out votes can have unintended consequences… localities that prohibit state-regulated cannabis retail stores tend to protect…

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