MDMA has yet to break down legal barriers the way psilocybin has, probably because of suspicion about its origins in a laboratory rather than a natural source. But it’s winning greater acceptance. The same can be said of LSD, the best-known of psychedelic drugs. It, too, has won growing respect from users and professionals alike……
…draft rules prohibit use of the aforementioned dung and wood chips in cultivation and production of psilocybin products. These media are traditionally often used. …prohibitions include producing psilocybin using genetically modified organisms, and producing synthetic psilocybin. This final prohibition cuts against the FDA and big pharma psilocybin model, which is synthetic all the way… on offer are:…
[Colorado] Rep. Ed Perlmutter… who has been the foremost champion of SAFE Banking over the years, told reporters… he’s determined to get SAFE past the finish line. The SAFE Banking Act was similarly attached to a national defense budget bill, only to be stripped out by Senate leadership. If SAFE Banking is stripped out again… there’s other forthcoming…
The proposal would also decriminalize activities facilitating the use of natural psychedelics… “The precedent on the grassroots level right now is to fully decriminalize first. If you do both [decrim and legalizing medical access] at the same time, you are prioritizing legalization.” Organizers said that establishing decriminalization first would preserve access to psychedelic drugs for…
…Canada’s revised rules… allow doctors to request patient access to psychoactive substances for any serious treatment-resistant condition… a response is expected within 48 hours. Previously, the government had granted very limited access to psychedelics under a different program for illnesses such as late-stage cancer. It often took months for patients to hear back. Original Article…
According to Canadian advocates… “is ten steps backwards for Health Canada.” …over 130 healthcare professionals are about to be denied compassionate access to psilocybin mushrooms for training purposes via Section 56 exemptions, following a decision by federal health authorities. Original Article (Truffle Report):Health Canada denying psilocybin access to healthcare professionalsArtwork Fair Use: coastal elite
[National Institute of Drug Abuse Director] Dr. Nora Volkow’s remarks about marijuana apply with equal force to psilocybin. As research continues to reveal the promise of psilocybin… and as more U.S. jurisdictions diverge from federal law to relax and/or eliminate criminal penalties for psilocybin… Importantly… psilocybin… will move forward with or without the federal government……
Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1: In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-18-418 add subsections (7) and (8) as follows:18-18-418. (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following conduct is not a violation of State Law or the Laws of any locality within the State and no conduct permitted…
“If there’s one thing to take away from this, it’s this: Capitalist interests invading this space is a nationwide problem,” said [Bryan] Kim, an organizer with Decriminalize Nature Portland who traveled from Oregon to speak on a panel about decriminalization efforts across the country. Decriminalize Nature Colorado… officially entered the fray, submitting… proposed ballot initiative…
[Oregon’s Measure 109] …does not legalise psilocybin [for homegrowing, as cannabis is now] or make it available at dispensaries, as cannabis is now… …screening process should help exclude those unsuited to it. Oregon’s health department will license the centres, facilitators, psilocybin producers and testing labs… does not mean Oregonians can pick up a few mushrooms…
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