The slump doesn’t prove that mushrooms were a post-COVID fad. People are growing them in plastic tubs in basements and taking trips with facilitators in Airbnbs. It’s just that OHA isn’t offering what people want, says Ryan Reid, co-founder of Bendable Therapy, a nonprofit center that offers psilocybin trips in Bend. “There is no funding…
Doblin reached out to several politicians for help too. He even wrote a letter to Pope John Paul II. [Matthew] Johnson also accused Griffiths of infusing his research with his own spiritual beliefs and advancing a political agenda aimed at spreading the use of psychedelics. All this, Johnson said, created a “cult-like atmosphere.” Not everyone…
The new company will be known as Atai Beckley… …with Beckley Psytech shareholders receiving 31% of shares in the entity… Beckley’s lead program is a synthetic, intranasal form of 5-meo-dmt… Original Artic (Stat News):Atai Life Sciences plans to merge with psychedelic startup Beckley PsytechArtwork Fair Use: Jynto
MICHAEL DUNNE: I wanted to ask, in terms of the clients that you see, how many come from inside Oregon, and how many are people who come from other states to avail themselves to your services? ANDREAS MET: You know this is a rough estimate, because we don’t analyze the data. We’re not permitted to talk about…
Rick Doblin… now his organization’s corporate spinoff, Lykos Therapeutics, may soon be acquired by Antonio Gracias, a billionaire private equity investor and close friend of the richest man in the world, Elon Musk. The planned acquisition of Lykos is an example of how tightly entwined a once left-wing psychedelic movement has become with the Trump administration and the tech right.…
What before seemed like an insurmountable problem, now seems manageable… …are doing better… both less anxious and more present, yes, they had different experiences… but both say it changed their perspective in life in general… I don’t feel like I have to push my conditions on things anymore in the relationship… I had preconceived notions…
Former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned in disgrace in May 2023 after reporting from Willamette Week revealed she had taken a $10,000-per-month consulting gig for the cannabis company La Mota while her office’s Audits Division reviewed the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday [3/12/25] announced that he has withdrawn an Oregon Liquor and…
Adam Kinzinger has never been one to toe the party line. As a former Republican congressman, he has seen his party shift over the years, growing more divided on key issues – including drug policy. “There is a group within this kind of new whatever-we-want-to-call-it Republican Party, I guess, that is very hardcore anti-drug,” Kinzinger says.…
…night at Shrooms Cafe at 139 E. Main Street, [Ashland, Oregon] next door to O’Ryans Irish Pub… a large open room filled with music and colored lights. “We want to be an example that casual dosing is an experience that is light, fun and social. We’ve been conditioned that it’s bad, or is a drug that’s manufactured.…
A lobbyist requested House Bill 2218 on behalf of Compass Pathways… “This bill does not decriminalize or legalize psilocybin or any other psychedelic substance, nor does this bill allow access to drugs that have not been FDA-approved,” said Tess Bettler, a representative from Compass Pathways, in written testimony to the House health committee. The bill would specifically legalize…
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