Politics

US CDC accused of bowing to drug industry with new opioid guidance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been accused of bowing to drug industry pressure after releasing new guidelines that doctors say put lives at risk by rowing back on warnings about the dangers of opioid prescribing. “The United States already has the highest per capita opioid prescriptions in the world, and our…

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Politics

Quebec first province to cover costs of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy

…two doctors have successfully billed the province of Quebec after completing psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy treatment for a patient with legal access granted through Health Canada. …a number of shops selling dried psilocybin and psilocybin-based products, like beverages and edibles, have popped up around Canada, including in Toronto… City of Toronto spokesperson told Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)…

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Politics

…efforts may herald… era for psychedelics

[US]… the fundamental issues of medicine, therapy, adult use, and schedule 1 drugs will all have to be contended with in some way… this is a huge boon for many supporters of criminal justice reform advocates and harm reduction efforts. Oregon was prohibited by the governing agency from requiring a diagnosis for access to treatment……

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Medicine/Healing

Police close magic mushroom business…

Shroom shops have been opening throughout the country… what many believe is an inevitable full-blown legalization… in September, 2022, a dispensary chain that first opened in Ottawa called Shroomyz… since the November 2022 raid, Toronto said it had no plans to use its powers to shut down the dispensary… “It’s a medical protest,” says the…

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Spirituality

…psilocybin mushroom dispensary opens up in Hamilton

Hamilton is among the latest Canadian cities… psilocybin mushroom store. …dubbed the Mushroom Cabinet, is part of… the cause… the Hamilton store currently offers seven strains of dried psilocybin mushrooms, microdose capsules and edibles to adults aged 19 and older. Original Article (Regina Leader-Post):Unlicensed psilocybin mushroom dispensary opens up in HamiltonArtwork Fair Use: Mikko Veräjänkorva

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Politics

Legalizing recreational… psilocybin-containing mushrooms

“People can grow it for their own use but they can’t sell it… We have both medical marijuana and legalized marijuana… strong supporter of both… this is more like the medical side for mushrooms and yes, there’s no criminal penalties if you grow it yourself for recreational, but what we are excited about are some…

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Spirituality

…psilocybin advocate… lessons…

Are we not doing it the right way with Measure 109, the 2020 initiative that made psilocybin legal in controlled, therapeutic settings and if you could change Oregon’s psilocybin program, what would you do? There are going to be huge headlines about how now you can legally access psilocybin. But there will be an asterisk,…

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Politics

Oregon Measure 109… entirely fee-based structure

The section manager for the Oregon psilocybin services section… “this is part of our State agency legislative process within our executive branch of state government… also for clarification, for the upcoming session for 2023 Oregon psilocybin services has identified one priority and that is to sustain our budget as we’re transition from State general funds…

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Biography/Memoir

…police are raiding psychedelic mushroom stores…

…shroomeries clearly qualify as risky business… in the last four weeks, police in… North American cities have raided and shut down stores selling psychedelic mushrooms. [In 2020] police in San Francisco busted a mushroom [church] in Haight-Ashbury. Shroom House opened its doors on Oct. 24 [2022 and were raided on Dec. 8, 2022]. On Nov.…

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