Anthropology

Oregon… psilocybin guide?

Is all this time and money worth it? Given that the sessions are expected to cost hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars – and, obviously, won’t be covered by insurance… I find it hard to believe there’ll really be enough rich people to keep all the currently training PSFs [psilocybin services facilitator] busy. (Then again,…

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Tripping with my Mom

After a few failed attempts at finding fungus in the neighboring cow pasture, Mom got an eighth from a friend and said she’d split it with me. Mom and I started tripping. The mushrooms made everything seem fresh. On one of the first trips from my mother’s homegrown batch, I remember watching the green nautiluses…

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…bail set… in Shroom House raid

“Based on the government’s allegations… thought what they were doing was lawful,” said… public defender… the judge set each of their bails at $1.5 million… Senator Elizabeth Steiner said, “This was 100% not what was intended with Measure 109. I don’t think I can be any clearer than that.” She continued, “The therapeutic psilocybin will…

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…psilocybin mushroom dispensaries [and health and wellness shops] are popping up across North America

…many people aren’t going to wait… …while the legal status of these shops are in limbo, overall, it’s a sign that times are changing faster than policymakers know how to respond. What’s even more compelling than these openings is the extreme demand for [psilocybin]… hundreds of Portland, Oregon residents stood in line for hours in…

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Oregon mushrooms at retail, no guide necessary

The line to enter Shroom House in downtown Portland extended around the block on Friday [12/2/22], following news that the store was selling psychedelic mushrooms to customers. In fact, the shop has been open about psilocybin sales since before it opened. In August [2022], when signs around the shop still said “coming soon,” psilocybin appeared about halfway…

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Oregon… learning…

Accessibility is just one issue that psilocybin… will have to grapple with… Psilocybin won’t require a prescription, for example… and growing psilocybin is a magnitudes smaller project than growing cannabis, which Oregonians are quite familiar with. Original Article (Oregon Live):Students in Oregon are already learning how to facilitate psilocybin experiencesArtwork Fair Use: Mycellenz

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…why they’re… for psychedelic mushrooms

…hundreds of… Portlanders [Oregonians] stood in line… to give a… shopkeeper their money… …we asked people in line what they’re buying and why… to many of the people… on the sidewalk, this was no laughing matter… experts… believe Colorado and Oregon are the first dominoes in an inevitable shift toward embracing [psilocybin]… and dismantling Richard…

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2 men arrested following raid at Toronto dispensary selling magic mushrooms

Police executed a search warrant on Saturday [11/12/22] and arrested the two men. They also seized… dried psilocybin, psilocybin derived edibles… …have each been charged with possession of a schedule III substance for the purpose of trafficking… Original Article (CBC.ca):2 men arrested following raid at Toronto dispensary selling magic mushroomsArtwork Fair Use: Andrew Gook

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