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Colorado bipartisan trigger bill on synthetic psilocybin passes first hearing

A House bill that would create a psilocybin exception for the state’s drug classifications passed its first reading today. The measure would only go into effect if the FDA approves synthetic psilocybin. The trigger bill, officially titled FDA-approved Crystalline Polymorph Psilocybin Use, was voted to move to a committee hearing 12-1. However, no one’s quite sure how far…

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…in Oregon… [adult-use] psilocybin

…with 27 licensed centers within the state offering treatment. New rules in effect this year are changing the way they operate… collection of client data by service centers. …The 303 Client Data Form is now given out as a part of preliminary paperwork for a session, asking a client their race, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and…

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Advocate of psychedelic drugs wants to work with RFK Jr.

Kennedy said his mind was open “to the idea of psychedelics for treatment… people ought to have the freedom and the liberty to experiment with these hallucinogens to overcome debilitating disorders.” An evangelist [Dr. Shereef Elnahal] for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants…

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Man who brought…

…[Shroom House]… to downtown Portland [Oregon] gets probation… …will spend five years on probation and forfeit a hefty chunk of change, a judge ruled… a plea deal with Multnomah County prosecutors… Original Article (Oregon Live):Man who brought rogue psilocybin business to downtown Portland gets probationArtwork Fair Use: Steve Morgan

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Springfield [Oregon] K9 finds $50K worth of fentanyl in children’s toy

As little as 10 milligrams is considered a lethal dose… Officers… seized a pound of powdered fentanyl before it could reach the streets, after finding it concealed in a children’s toy… [Image… molecular recognition of morphine and fentanyl by the human μ-opioid receptor.] Original Article (Koin):Springfield [Oregon] K9 finds $50K worth of fentanyl in children’s…

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…Oregon’s ‘first legal psilocybin concert’

…two dozen participants will take a relatively low dose of psilocybin, kick back and listen to a DJ. Traphagen is excited about the possibility for group experiences like this to reach more people compared to one-on-one sessions between a client and a facilitator. “In this model, we’re going to be able to give mushrooms to…

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…Oregon… psychedelic mushroom…

Oregon became first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. “The cost for the program has been astronomical and is not accessible to people across the socioeconomic spectrum,” MJ Wilt, who just opened a licensed center in the Portland suburb of Gresham, spent tens of thousands…

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Mexican cartel leader who faked own death… in U.S. is arrested in California, feds say

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa “allegedly faked his own death and assumed a false identity…” According to court documents, Gutierrez-Ochoa began working for the Jalisco cartel in 2014 and coordinated the shipment of 40,000 kilograms (88,000 pounds) of methamphetamine and 2,000 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to the United States. The…

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