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Oregon’s psilocybin program… trainer… bankruptcy

Rachel Aidan admitted to the company’s bankruptcy… The puzzling question is: why would this boutique SaaS company, Retreat Guru, from Canada step in to take over a financially distressed U.S. state-licensed psilocybin facilitator training program… one thing’s certain… “Allow me to emphasize”, Johnson said, “Retreat Guru is not an educational program”. The answer, according to…

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Oregon congressman… the trend will ‘continue’

“I still think these are the greatest thing since sliced bread,” Marty Clements says about the mushrooms. He takes a prescription bottle out of his bag, opens it and takes a couple of squares of psilocybin chocolate into his hands. He puts the chocolate back in the bottle and snaps the lid shut. Since Marty…

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Wall street… tweaks

The analog of psilocybin that Gilgamesh is developing has been designed to eliminate the hallucinogenic experiences that are often set off by so-called magic mushrooms. Researchers working with the company [including team members from ATAI, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, etc], administer test drugs [new chemical entities] to mice and then capture their reactions using video…

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So MDMA, psilocybin are medicines – now what?

Australia is known as among the most conservative medical communities in the Western world… the approval has sent professional bodies into a flurry, caught off guard and seemingly outflanked by those outside the tent. While there are several countries such as the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Israel where psychedelics can be used outside of…

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Psychedelics are a promising…

Two states, Oregon and Colorado, have now legalized psilocybin for [adult-use, with Colorado legalizing home-cultivation, as well]… as these drugs gain mainstream acceptance, more and more people will likely consider taking them, both therapeutically and recreationally.  What little data does exist suggests that the chances of psychosis developing in the general population is low. One survey of…

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…implications… shops selling psilocybin mushrooms

No retail mushroom stores are permitted under the [Oregon M109 or M110] law. But… Shroom House has at least demonstrated that such a business can exist without hastening the end of civilization. “We haven’t seen any people admitted to hospitals or arrested; it shows hundreds or thousands of people can purchase psilocybin, go do it…

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…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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[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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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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Oregon psilocybin bills… [three in 2023]

[Three] psilocybin [related] bills [two psilocybin cubensis related (SB’s) and one psilocybin related (HB)] introduced for 2023… [SB 302, SB 303] & [HB 2831] which would repeal Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization law, and affect [Oregon’s] psilocybin program… [Rep. Kim Thatcher’s SB 302]… in the psilocybin context, the new law would only apply to manufacturers. [Psilocybin…

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