The Portland, Maine’s, Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee… passed the resolution on a 3–0 vote… amended the bill to cover home cultivation of natural entheogens for personal use and sharing without compensation. Criminal enforcement would not change for selling, dispensing, possessing on school grounds or driving under the influence of the substances.…
“We want to make it uncomfortable for people to be selling fentanyl in the central city… there will be more people watching, more detective work, more ability to see where things are getting sold and going after those folks,” said Tina Kotek. Following the passage of Measure 110, possession of small amounts of fentanyl is…
…expounding on the debate of criminalization vs. regulation, he asserted, “It’s futile to continue this failed War on Drugs. This approach only fosters disdain for the law and encourages evasion.” He also shed light on the stark realities faced by youth, remarking, “In no state is it harder for a youngster to buy a joint…
Gavin Newsom was, as he often has been on controversial issues, ahead of the curve – the highest-ranking state official to back green-lighting weed. But Newsom is uncharacteristically undecided – and behind the curve… …on another controversial drug-related issue before him now: San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener’s proposal to decriminalize psilocybin, aka magic mushrooms… and the…
A new study published in the European Journal of Pain last month [July 2023] found that both macro and micro doses of classic psychedelics — LSD, psilocybin, DMT, mescaline — led to better pain relief compared to conventional medication in volunteers surveyed. “Participants reported that full doses seem to achieve better perceived results in pain relief than…
A new congressional bill has been filed to prohibit federal intervention in jurisdictions that legalize psilocybin mushrooms. A new congressional bill has been filed to prohibit federal intervention in jurisdictions that legalize psilocybin mushrooms. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) are sponsoring the Validating Independence for State Initiatives on Organic Natural Substances (VISIONS)…
Local 555 says there is plenty of reason for Holvey’s long-time constituents to send him packing. The union moved to recall Holvey in May [2023] after it became clear one of its signature bills was dead. The proposal, House Bill 3183, would have required cannabis dispensaries to agree not to stand in the way of…
Shaman Shu says ayahuasca told him to write Proposal E during his first experience… “I wrote the actual legislation based upon what the ancestors told me to do,” he says. “I was sitting in Costa Rica and I was like, ‘What? You want me to do, what?’ I never expected that… I hired a lawyer,…
Years after the state legalized the recreational use of cannabis, state Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor, Michigan) said he wants to expand the conversation around certain substances and what role they should play in society. “Should people go to jail for this? Should we spend money for these crimes? My answer is no,” he said.…
On a balmy… morning, a massive flush of psilocybe mushrooms popped up in a Portland, Oregon city park. This particularly gregarious bloom of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, or “ovoids,” stretched over a large mulched area, attracting casual pickers who filled their tote bags to the brim… Fungal evolution experts like Slot stress that many hypotheses regarding psilocybin’s…
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