…introduced Senate Bill 1580 to the Oregon legislature. If passed the bill will establish the “Task Force on Psilocybin Equity” that will research problems relating to access and equity in Oregon’s emerging psilocybin program. SB 1580 charges the task force with studying: (1) barriers low-income and people of color will face in establishing psilocybin-related businesses…
Decriminalization in Port Townsend applies only to adults over 18 – it remains illegal to distribute entheogens to children, or for children to use them – but includes the cultivation of entheogens… in November 2020, Port Townsend activists were jolted into “non-stop” action when police arrested Annie… for charges including possession of psilocybin… was facing…
Change state law to allow immediate legal access to psychedelics at the local level… Let local governments decide how to regulate their markets. It’s clear that many local governments are prepared to decriminalize personal possession of psychedelics and some non-commercial supply-side activity, as we see from the wave of local level-decriminalization that started in Denver…
Their game plan? To get psilocybin rescheduled under the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. …if the initiative is successful, it would put some additional pressure on many governments to act and maybe have other governments take a second look at their psilocybin legislation. Original Article (Marijuana Moment):New coalition seeks to reschedule ‘magic mushrooms’…
…research has demonstrated that psilocybin is not just safe to use but is in fact safer than alcohol. Researchers have therefore recommended that psilocybin should more appropriately be categorized as a Schedule IV substance. Entheogens like psilocybin – as well as ayahuasca, iboga, peyote, and others – are following in the path of cannabis from illegality to…
An advisory committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded there is insufficient evidence to recommend a “critical review” of kratom, which potentially could have lead to international controls on the herbal supplement used by millions to treat pain and other medical conditions. “It is a great victory for kratom consumers, for science and…
The findings have repercussions… [for example, initiative #12 originally stated, Section. 36. Unlawful manufacture of psilocybin… (2)(a) A person who violates this section by manufacturing less that 50 grams of dry psilocybin-producing fungi, less than 500 grams of wet psilocybin-producing fungi or less than 10 user units of a mixture or substance containing psilocybin is…
Compass will now have three months to respond to each filing. Then, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, a collection of administrative judges… will make a decision as to whether the petitioner demonstrates that at least one of the challenged claims is “more likely than not” unpatentable—and whether the case should proceed to a trial.…
…struggling with mental health conditions [&] have received exemptions to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act from the federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos. …mandamus application to compel the health minister to make a decision regarding… patient’s Section 56 exemptions… Health Canada fought that application “tooth and nail”… 19 healthcare professionals to receive an exemption……
[Canadian] Municipalities cannot unilaterally decriminalize drug use as it’s the sole responsibility of the federal government, but [the 12/6/2021] vote authorizes de Villa to seek an exemption for the City of Toronto from Health Canada. Dr. Leslie Buckley, chief of the addictions division at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, said “Criminalization of substances has not been…
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