By August 11 [2024], the Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide whether MDMA – the chemical found in ecstasy or molly – can be prescribed as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. The downvote in June [2024] – not to mention controversy about the trials that spilled into full view during a public hearing –…
“We must offer people suffering from addiction alternatives to incarceration or we will be right back where we started,” Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said at a press conference. “When the drug possession laws change on Sept. 1, [2024], it is so important for us to be ready.” In Multnomah County, only people possessing…
…psychedelics have been an essential companion in our relationship… it’s the secret to our long-lasting marriage. Through much practice and commitment, we have developed an open, honest communication style, and we can have hard conversations without being high. But the advantage of psychedelics… is that they help us to be vulnerable by quickly dropping our defenses,…
“The ubiquity of fentanyl in the drug supply affords people who use drugs almost no margin of error if they make a dosing mistake,” Brandon del Pozo, an assistant professor (research) at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School and School of Public Health said … …for decades, efforts by police to seize illicit drugs have…
The Oregon Secretary of State’s office on Thursday [August 1, 2024] confirmed that a proposed measure that would block cannabis retailers and processors from opposing employee unions has enough signatures to officially become Ballot Measure 119. Under the proposed measure, owners of cannabis retail and processing businesses would be required to sign a “labor peace…
Regulators in Oregon have licensed the country’s first-ever state-legal psilocybin edibles manufacturer, the Southeast Portland company announced… The Milwaukie-based company’s brand… said in a press release… includes “dark chocolates precisely dosed with dried, homogenized mushrooms, have a chocolate-forward flavor with nutty and earthy notes from the mushrooms.” Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Oregon regulators grant first license…
[Oregon], local governments are considering ballot measures and ordinances… Warrenton, OR; on July 23 [2024], city commissioners approved a resolution to place a permanent moratorium on the November [2024] ballot. “I’m totally against the idea of even having (psilocybin) in this community. I’m totally against the idea that we as a society need to start…
The rather abrupt legislative overhaul [of Oregon’s Measure 110] demonstrates the fragility of reform efforts that bypass comprehensive public discourse. For those advocating for psychedelic and broader drug reform, this moment could galvanize efforts to engage in more direct, transparent dialogues with policymakers, stakeholders and the public. …underscores the need for nuanced conversation around the…
Van der Merwe and colleagues’ paper documents the two discoveries, while also featuring insights on the medicinal use of P. maluti by Basotho traditional healers. Van der Merwe and colleagues’ paper documents the two discoveries, while also featuring insights on the medicinal use of P. maluti by Basotho traditional healers… this study is the only recorded firsthand report of…
Psilocybin was supplied by Usona Institute… (Open Science and Praxis Signatories) here we tracked individual-specific brain changes with longitudinal precision functional mapping (roughly 18 magnetic resonance imaging visits per participant). Healthy adults were tracked before, during and for 3 weeks after high-dose psilocybin (25 mg) and methylphenidate (40 mg), and brought back for an additional psilocybin dose 6–12 months…
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