A new era of psychedelics…
For those who have long worked on psychedelics research, the sudden expansion in access in Oregon and [home-grow] Colorado, along with cities like Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., have prompted a mix of elation and trepidation.
Oregon… requiring neither a doctor’s supervision nor a specific medical diagnosis… [Colorado… home cultivation and sharing for adults 21 and over]… “I have changed my mind,” said Dr. Janis Phelps, director of the Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies… said she and other researchers had been wary of the decriminalization movement. Many in the field had worked for years to remain strictly scientific, hoping to avoid government crackdowns, and to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration time to fully review the effects of psilocybin before pressing ahead with efforts to make it legal. While she remains concerned that bad actors could try to enter the industry strictly for profit, or try to take advantage of vulnerable people, she has come to believe that the open door in Oregon… [Colorado]… could advance the use of psychedelics in ways that methodical approaches cannot.
Original Article (New York Times):
A new era of psychedelics in Oregon
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