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Rhode Island lawmakers… decriminalize psilocybin… home cultivation…

A Rhode Island House committee held a hearing on Thursday [3/9/3023] on a bill that would remove penalties for the use and possession of psilocybin and allow the home cultivation of psychedelic mushrooms for personal use. Rhode Island legalized marijuana for adults through an act of the legislature last spring. The first retail shops opened in December. Medical…

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Oklahoma… psilocybin bill protecting patients from prosecution…

…providing legal protections against prosecution for people with eligible conditions who possess the psychedelic. …people who face prosecution over psilocybin possession would be afforded an affirmative defense if they can “demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence” that they have a medical condition that falls under the list of study subjects like PTSD or chronic pain.…

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What’s next… psychedelic mushrooms… road ahead…

…people who want a voice in this process… For now, there is evidence that the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms in Denver in 2019 has “not since presented any significant public health or safety risk in the city,” according to the Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel’s Comprehensive Report in 2021. Original Article (Aspen Times):What’s next for…

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Oregon rolls out psilocybin… as nation watches

Mushroom cultivation requires much less space, water, time and electricity than cannabis cultivation.  Measure 109 allows for local jurisdictions to opt out of allowing [IP-12 to IP-34 to Measure 109 to ORS 475A to Division 333] psilocybin services within their borders. In the last general election, more than 100 of the state’s cities and counties voted…

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Ferndale decriminalizes magic mushrooms and other psychedelics

Ferndale is the fourth Michigan city to decriminalize psychedelic plants and fungi after Detroit, Hazel Park, and Ann Arbor. Ferndale City Council unanimously approved a resolution to decriminalize… investigation and arrest of persons for planting, cultivating, purchasing, transporting, distributing, engaging in practices… with entheogenic plants and fungi like psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and dimethyltryptamine (aka DMT).…

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…psilocybin bill protecting patients from prosecution and promoting research

The House Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Committee… …people who face prosecution over psilocybin possession would be afforded an affirmative defense if they can “demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence” that they have a medical condition that falls under the list of study subjects like PTSD or chronic pain. Oklahoma lawmakers have approved bill in…

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Hawaii… psychedelics…

…lawmakers in the Health and Homelessness Committee approved a psychedelics-focused bill… We have an obligation to help those who do not have a voice. We are losing more and more tosuicide every single day… everyone knows someone who stands to benefit from access… Original Article (Marijuana Moment & State of Hawaii):Hawaii senate committees approve marijuana legalization…

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Will Utah legalize medical ‘magic mushrooms’ this year?

Groups including the Libertas Institute, a Utah-based libertarian think tank, and the Utah Patients Coalition are backing the bill. Utah lawmakers are slated to consider [in 2023] whether to narrowly legalize psilocybin for use by patients with depression, anxiety, PTSD or who are in hospice care. Original Article (Desert News & State of Utah):Will Utah…

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Iowa… psilocybin…

An Act removing psilocybin and psilocyn from the list of substances classified as schedule I controlled substances under Iowa’s uniform controlled substances Act. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa; supported by lobbyist Carl Olsen of Iowans for Medical Marijuana. Original Article (State of Iowa):State of IowaArtwork Fair Use: Alexwcovington

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Oregon… psilocybin… reassessment

Reassessment of synthetic psilocybin products… species and substrate reassessment. Question of whether to outsource data collection to a non-governmental independent agency that may garner funding for the development and implementation of data collection? Academic medical center? Private research institutes? On March 1, 2023, all previously created subcommittees will dissolve. Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board (OPAB) will…

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