…the regional district manager of Shroomyz called the company’s operations a “medical protest.” While Toronto previously used bylaws to target unlicensed cannabis dispensaries, though one chain has found a way to avoid being shut down, it doesn’t appear the city will target Shroomyz in the same way. After being formally denied a meeting, the delegation plans to hold…
A project to decriminalize natural psychedelics that lingered for three years in the Berkeley City Council will come back to life in a few weeks. But unlike other jurisdictions that have taken steps to chip away at the national and state ban on psychedelics, Berkeley is about to consider an even broader proposal: one that could make it…
I received a batch of emails from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) in response to a public records request… sheds light on the secretive OPEN Project (the Oregon Psilocybin Evaluation Nexus), which aims to collect detailed information on the psychedelic experiences of all psilocybin clients in Oregon. Emails show that Todd Korthuis, M.D., M.P.H. plans…
“History has been made this week. We proved to the world it’s possible to pass a ballot measure that not only provides access to natural psychedelic-assisted therapy in a responsible state-regulated… …setting but also protects individual and community-based healing modalities from arrest and many civil offenses,” Joshua Kappel, the author of Prop 122, said in…
The Associated Press called the vote for the measure, Proposition 122, on Friday morning [11/11/22] ; 92% of the votes were in as of 11 a.m., with 52.3% of voters in favor. It’s similar to 2020 measures approved in Oregon, which decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs in 2021 and is launching a psilocybin…
[If successful, Measure 111 establishes a right to affordable, effective health care in state constitution. Gaetano Lardieri BA, LMT, MPM writes, “Not allowing micro-dosing I would argue is borderline racist!”] The MAPS Bulletin just published an article by Ismail Ali and Jonathan Perez-Reyzin exploring the challenges and controversies of Measure 109 rulemaking. The two major…
The advocates said education is a key to breaking down resistance. Oregon’s law does not create a market for psilocybin, and possession, consumption and manufacturing… outside licensed facilities will remain illegal… battles over the regulations might occur… 137 Oregon towns and counties vote to opt out of psilocybin services. Original Article (Oregon Capitol Chronicle &…
This is a high-level 4-step process someone would go through when they would be looking to seek access to psilocybin… “I do have a lot of concerns about how accessible this is going to be because it seems there are so many hurdles and so many barriers to be able to start a treatment center…
“This helps preserve farms, and it’s not water intensive,” Planning Commissioner Tom Lavagnino said of the mushroom industry. Planning Commissioner Brad Bennington fears businesses will buy up large chunks of… land in order to set up mushroom retreat centers, which will drive up the cost of… land. Counties and cities are allowed to adopt additional…
…introduces the most comprehensive decriminalization provision seen in the United States to date. While Oregon ostensibly decriminalized personal use of all drugs in 2020, it still considered the practice a “Class E” violation, allowing police to engage… and present them with a fine. Colorado does completely decriminalize the personal use, possession, growth, transportation, and sharing…
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