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How to grow…

“Take your time; you cannot rush it. My biggest tip is to never cut corners,” Quinn said… I look forward to… where Americans are able to grow these tools for healing right in their home without fear of legal repercussions. Mycology as a whole is incredibly complicated… you can do it a million different ways.…

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California… investors… Oregon’s psilocybin…

The Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board’s final recommendations will be made to the Oregon Health Authority by June of this [2022]. Ultimately, Oregon Health Authority is the final decision maker on the matter. Sam Chapman says being funded primarily by Silicon Valley investors does not put the Healing Advocacy Fund at odds with the group’s mission…

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…interests shaping Oregon’s psilocybin…

Oddly enough, Eckert seemingly wrote his Board position into the psilocybin law itself.  “[Eckert] wants to start a for-profit company to train facilitators while also being the one in charge of making recommendations about what kinds of requirements go into the training,” Bryan Kim, co-founder of Decriminalize Nature Portland… [said]. “So he has structurally created the…

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…opioid settlement funds… Oregon communities

Approximately five Oregonians die every week from an opioid overdose. Currently, funds from the settlements will be divided amongst local governments and the state, with the latter receiving a smaller portion at 45%. This wasn’t always the case. The state originally intended to keep 85% to have more centralized control, but Lane and other counties…

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Head of Oregon’s psilocybin advisory board resigns

The chairman of the volunteer board writing Oregon’s rules for psilocybin has resigned. The departure comes after board members were asked to disclose any conflicts of interest… other board members had called for… resign… the state said it has encouraged the psilocybin advisory group to work with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. Original Article (OPB):Head of Oregon’s…

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Sacklers… hear from opioid victims live…

On Thursday [3/10/2022], speakers are likely to make “unbelievably searing, difficult” statements, Marshall Huebner, an attorney for Purdue, said in a related hearing the day before. The court-appointed mediator requested that no member of the Sackler family be allowed to respond to comments made by victims during the hearing. It’s slated to begin at 10…

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Oregon… opioid settlements

The agreement – and the prior bankruptcy plan – also does not release the Sackler family from potential future criminal liability, said Oregon’s Department of Justice… It also requires the Sackler family to make a statement of regret and allow museums and other institutions to remove the Sackler name from buildings and scholarships. “Purdue Pharma’s…

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82 Canadian professionals request psilocybin…

About 80 health-care professionals from across the country are challenging Health Canada’s decision to reject their applications to use restricted psychedelic drugs as part of training in psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy. Hawkswell and lawyer Pope said they are ready to make a charter application if Health Canada does not retract its rejection. “You can’t have patients’ life,…

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