Advocates… the future of psychedelic reform in the US
“Our coalition opposes creating a model based on Oregon,” says James Davis, Bay Staters executive director and co-founder. “It is still highly illegal to possess and grow psychedelics outside of regulated use in Oregon, and Measure 109 did nothing to change that.”
“Measure 109 established a highly regulated market for psilocybin services – too regulated, I would say. If there’s one thing states can learn from Oregon’s approach, it’s that regulations need to remain flexible enough to allow psychedelic services to be offered at a price most people can afford,” says Geoffrey Lawrence, the director of drug policy at the Reason Foundation, a public policy organization and think tank that publishes research and a magazine. “My basic problem with the New Approach model is that it is simply far too expensive for most folks,” says Noah Heller. “The decriminalize first, lighty regulate model that Bay Staters is pushing is vastly superior.” Heller and others argue that this approach provides more freedom of choice to psychedelic users … the concept behind a ground-up decrim model keeps autonomy and psychedelic health decisions in the hands of people rather than regulators. The Massachusetts coalition began moving on this model by passing measures that end arrests for growing and sharing psilocybin in eight cities across the state.
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Advocates are battling over the future of psychedelic reform in the US
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