…aim to secure federal funding… [Decriminalize Nature DC IP-81] pushed through an initiative that made cultivation and possession of plant and fungi medicines the lowest priority for local police and prosecutors…

The founders behind [this] newly formed Psychedelic Medicine PAC also aim to secure federal funding to further education and research efforts… among those lessons… the group’s co-founder and executive director [who steered Decriminalize Nature DC IP-81 to success] said… is to not push for decriminalization or legalization before elected leaders have a better understanding of psychedelics… the group, which aims to raise $10 million in the first year… is reaching out to all levels of donors, including… in the for-profit biotech space… “If their goal is to reschedule or decriminalize, they’re going to have an extremely hard time. But if their goal is to create more policies around what’s happening with psychedelics in the therapeutic space, the federal government appears very open to that,” said founder… of Iter Investments, a [Florida-based] psychedelics venture capital firm, [with a portfolio of companies making claims such as]… (Psygen (principal products are psilocybin and DMT), Wesana (psilocybin), Awakn Life Sciences (new chemical entity drugs), PsyTech (innovation in psychedelics), TRIPP (virtual reality), Psilera (next generation of neurological therapeutics), Nucleus (data assets), Beckley Psytech (licensed pharmaceutical medicines), Apex Labs (synthetic psilocin), Clairvoyant (psychedelic… drug development), aNUma (technology… individuals), Reset Pharma (novel psychedelic treatments), Quantified Citizen (health research), Freedom Bio (addressing the… shortcoming of first generation psychedelics), Regenerative Financing MAPS/ Vine SPV (non-profit and public benefits corporation), Muse (brain-sensing bio-feedback), Sensorium Therapeutics (novel FDA-approved medicines), Fluence (educational platform), Beckley Retreats (psilocybin retreat experiences).

Original Article (NBC News & Iter):
Candidates who support psychedelics as medicine get a political action committee & Iter
Artwork Fair Use: Kathy Jones