Biography/Memoir

…Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission director…

…informed OLCC staff of his departure… In the job, Steven Marks won praise from lawmakers and the alcohol and cannabis industries for his steady leadership through the complexities of legalizing cannabis… the budget Governor Tina Kotek released Jan. 31 [2023] included a proposed new 50-cent-per-bottle liquor price increase. Original Article (Willamette Week):Longtime OLCC director Steve…

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Anthropology

Oregon… magic mushrooms… many… aren’t waiting

…talk to almost anyone who has begun tripping recently and you learn that most of them are confronting the end times, not running from them. Mushrooms have been popular in this part of the world since the 1960s… the cool, wet state is perfect for growing Psilocybe semilanceata, the slender little ‘shroom better known as the…

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Modern Culture

Shroom House shrooms… magic mushrooms be sold openly…

It turns out Shroom House was selling real shrooms… that said, Shroom House wasn’t the first – and will likely not be the last – shop where adults can obtain magic mushrooms openly. …we did a one-subject human trial confirming that a gram made for an interesting evening… customers came in droves, waiting for hours…

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Anthropology

Psychedelic spiritual groups grow… pushing boundaries of religion

“We are trying to be above-ground for a reason…” said Brian Cantalupi. The rising demand… has led to hundreds of churches… “In every major city in the United States, every weekend, there’s multiple ayahuasca ceremonies. It’s not just a twice-a-year thing,” said Sean McAllister, who represents an Arizona church in a lawsuit against the federal…

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Spirituality

Meet psilomethoxin, the love child…

Psilomethoxin was initially discovered and synthesized by researchers from the Pasteur Institute, led by Marc Julia, in 1965. The Pasteur Institute, founded in 1887, is a French non-profit center for biomedical research. It was named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax and rabies.  Psilomethoxin (4-HO-5-MeO-DMT) is a… tryptamine created in vivo using magic mushroom…

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Politics

Oregon… psilocybin… reassessment

Reassessment of synthetic psilocybin products… species and substrate reassessment. Question of whether to outsource data collection to a non-governmental independent agency that may garner funding for the development and implementation of data collection? Academic medical center? Private research institutes? On March 1, 2023, all previously created subcommittees will dissolve. Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board (OPAB) will…

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Biography/Memoir

[Oregon]… state approval to test psilocybin

“We haven’t issued any licenses yet,” says [Oregon] psilocybin services spokeswoman Erica Heartquist. ChemHistory, LLC (Alex Hoggan – Domestic Limited Liability Company) of Milwaukie, was approved to test potency. Rose City Laboratories LLC (Grosz Law Office LLC – Daniel Joseph Huson – Foreign Limited Liability Company), won accreditation from the state of Oregon to test…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon’s legal… psilocybin… [Jackson County]

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported that they do expect service centers to become operational later this year, but it will “take some time for all four license types (manufacturing, laboratory, service centers, and facilitators) to become licensed and set up operations.” [OHA-Psilocybin Manufacturing]; John Masri (approved), Justin Lundberg (approved), Jawant Singh et al (approved), Scott Wozniak…

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Medicine/Healing

US Department of veteran affairs (VA)… psychedelic… guidance to protect veterans who use… psilocybin

Ilse Wiechers, deputy executive director of VA’s Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, provided insights into the department’s thinking on psychedelics… …says the agency is keeping a “very close eye” on psychedelics research and policy amid the growing reform movement, and that includes exploring issuing new guidance to ensure that veterans are protected from…

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Psychology

What psychedelics can teach us about human connection…

… there is a new, tsunami-like wave of interest in the use of psychedelic[s]… as a compliment to traditional therapy, with new studies published weekly and research centers opening worldwide. This energy is picking up where research left off prior to policy changes in the 1970s, before which psychedelics had been intensively studied for the treatment of…

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