Politics

Jefferson County (Washington State) de-prioritizes psychedelics

Entheogens – certain psychedelic plants often used for medical or spiritual purposes – are the lowest law enforcement priority in Jefferson County, following a unanimous vote from the Board of County Commissioners. The three commissioners debated the issue at their meeting… and passed a… resolution [5/1/2023] stating support for the decriminalization of entheogens at the…

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California bill to legalize psychedelics…

California SB 58 would legalize the “possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, as specified, or transportation of specific amounts of psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline for personal or facilitated use.” The “allowable amount” section of the bill prescribes the following psychedelics possession limits: DMT – 2 grams, Ibogaine – 15 grams, Psilocyn – 2 grams, or up to 4…

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Politics

Coloradans… new… restrictive… psychedelic bill introduced…

…to organize lobbying efforts after a lawmaker introduced a bill regulating the fungus.  The proposed bill contains details about how the state would go about implementing the landmark Natural Medicine Health Act [NMHA]. The NMHA–also known as Prop 122–was passed in November 2022. It created a path for “healing centers,” where adults over 21 can take…

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Politics

Massachusetts Republican pushing psychedelic legalization bills

H 3589 – Concerning the legalization of certain natural plants and fungi would legalize the possession, cultivation, and personal use of plants and fungi that contain psilocybin, N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), psilocin, ibogaine and mescaline for people 21 or older. It would explicitly prohibit the sale or transfer of the substances for financial gain and would limit…

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Psychology

The three types of psychedelic high

The Ohio State University College of Social Work conducted a study where they asked 1,000 participants to report the types of high some psychedelics gave them. They experimented with the effects of LSD, psilocybin… mescaline, ayahuasca, and 5-MeO-DMT (a close relative of DMT)… the research yielded 3 distinct types of psychedelic highs. (High scoring) –…

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Politics

Decriminalization of entheogenic plants and substances (sacraments)

Our mission: decriminalize fungi and plant medicines for home growing, group healing, and ceremonial and religious purposes. Working initially in Portland… this resolution declares that the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of anyone engaging with entheogenic substances shall be among the City of Portland’s lowest enforcement priorities and recognizes the right to cultivate, prepare, possess, or…

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Politics

[Attempts] to limit psychedelic…

[Proposition 122 (allows) the personal growing, use and sharing of psilocybin and psilocin, as well as ibogaine, mescaline and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, for adults… ] [Personal Use… the following acts are not an offense under State law or the laws of any locality within the State or subject to a civil fine, penalty, or sanction,…

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Politics

Ferndale decriminalizes magic mushrooms and other psychedelics

Ferndale is the fourth Michigan city to decriminalize psychedelic plants and fungi after Detroit, Hazel Park, and Ann Arbor. Ferndale City Council unanimously approved a resolution to decriminalize… investigation and arrest of persons for planting, cultivating, purchasing, transporting, distributing, engaging in practices… with entheogenic plants and fungi like psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and dimethyltryptamine (aka DMT).…

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Anthropology

Psychedelic spiritual groups grow… pushing boundaries of religion

“We are trying to be above-ground for a reason…” said Brian Cantalupi. The rising demand… has led to hundreds of churches… “In every major city in the United States, every weekend, there’s multiple ayahuasca ceremonies. It’s not just a twice-a-year thing,” said Sean McAllister, who represents an Arizona church in a lawsuit against the federal…

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Politics

Massachusetts; psilocybe mushrooms

…the following activities would not be unlawful for adults: “The possession, ingestion, obtaining, growing, giving away without financial gain to natural persons 18 years of age or older… …and transportation of no more than two grams of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, and mescaline, excluding the weight of any material such as water, plant and fungi…

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