The mushroom community in Colorado built around this ‘Grow, Gather, Gift’ model has yielded some incredible results and world-class data. …an example of community self-regulation through the development of testing standards and data sharing… Colorado has been a hotbed of mushroom entrepreneurism over the last two years since Proposition 122 was passed with a 54%…
Indeed, in April [2024], the Yale School of Medicine published the results of the first randomised control study of psilocybin for pain relief. Although it enrolled just 10 CH [Cluster Headache] sufferers, half of those who received psilocybin as opposed to a placebo reported a reduction in attacks. Precisely how psilocybin interrupts the cycle of headaches is an open question. Brain scans suggest…
Portland advocates for psychedelic drug use are hoping to put an initiative on the city’s 2026 ballot that would protect people who use what they call non-toxic and non-addictive plant- or mushroom-based psychedelic drugs from arrest. Under the proposed initiative, non-toxic and non-addictive psychedelics would be designated police officers’ “lowest priority for enforcement,” according to the initiative…
A House bill that would create a psilocybin exception for the state’s drug classifications passed its first reading today. The measure would only go into effect if the FDA approves synthetic psilocybin. The trigger bill, officially titled FDA-approved Crystalline Polymorph Psilocybin Use, was voted to move to a committee hearing 12-1. However, no one’s quite sure how far…
Kennedy said his mind was open “to the idea of psychedelics for treatment… people ought to have the freedom and the liberty to experiment with these hallucinogens to overcome debilitating disorders.” An evangelist [Dr. Shereef Elnahal] for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants…
An Elon Musk ally is seeking to seize control of psychedelic drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics, offering it a financial lifeline for its bid to garner US approval to use the party drug ecstasy as a mental health treatment. Antonio Gracias, an early Tesla backer and former board member who backed Musk’s takeover of Twitter, made a…
Windsor Coun. Renaldo Agostino… who represents the downtown on city council [Ontario]. “And you know what the truth is? One day, if that business is allowed to open, I’d be more than happy to welcome it.” A spokesperson for the stores [FunGuyz] who identified himself as Chris Stewart says they’ve been raided over 120 times……
This summer [2024], the Oregon Capital Chronicle kicked off a raft of reporting on lack of customer demand in the OPS system, noting at least one service center closure… [At]… Harris Sliwoski… we’ve since become aware of a few more, and others operating on a limited or part-time basis. Fundamentally, the program is also imbalanced. There are…
Psilocybin is decriminalized but there won’t be recreational dispensaries… conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city’s 90,000 veterans, who’ve become flagbearers for psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder… “We have an opportunity to support veterans, and it’s a really easy one to say ‘Yes’ to,” said Lane Belone, a special…
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