These recent developments in drug decriminalization… means we might have more friends forcing us to listen to their drug trips at dinner, but it’s also an opportunity for more people to try an alternative approach… …taking psychedelics… check all the boxes. Nature, no extreme conditions, having loved ones around, contained setups, etc… learned how to…
“Measure 110 [in Oregon] is arguably the biggest blow to the war on drugs to date.”, says Kassandra Frederique, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which was behind the hard-drugs measure. It received 59% yes votes and 41% no votes, with roughly 1.9 million votes counted, according to unofficial partial results from the secretary…
Hazel Park City Council voted unanimously Tuesday [3/22/2022] to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants. The resolution defines entheogenic plants as “plants, fungi, and natural materials that can benefit psychological and physical wellness, support and enhance religious and spiritual practices, and can reestablish human’s inalienable and direct relationship to nature.” They include psychedelic mushrooms,…
“It is declared the policy of this act to make investigation and arrest of adults [18+] for non-commercial planting, cultivating, purchasing, transporting, distributing, possessing or engaging in practices with entheogenic plants and fungi among the lowest law enforcement priorities for the District of Columbia…” this is a notable accomplishment for advocates, as Congress has previously…
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled last week [in the month of Dec. 2020] that a man convicted of possession of psilocybin mushrooms was wrongfully tried because his use of the psychedelic was part of his religious practices. Unlike the First Amendment freedom of religious belief under the U.S. Constitution, New Hampshire’s Constitution explicitly protects…
Small businesses and Oregon start-ups hoping to offer practicum training… …will not have immediate access to psilocybin like wealthy corporations. Original Article (Lexology):Oregon psilocybin: licensing subcommittee updateArtwork Fair Use: inequality.org
“There are a lot of concerns about organizations outside Oregon trying to influence the process here and to stifle real meaningful discussion by people in Oregon,” said Mason Marks [of Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School] (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Once the regulations are clearly laid out, the company will…
In the City of Vancouver, buying magic mushrooms, in at least one case, can be as easy as ordering your morning cup of coffee… says city bylaw officers sometimes visit, his business license as a café was recently renewed. From the outside, the mushroom dispensary on the edge of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside makes no attempt…
The Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board’s final recommendations will be made to the Oregon Health Authority by June of this [2022]. Ultimately, Oregon Health Authority is the final decision maker on the matter. Sam Chapman says being funded primarily by Silicon Valley investors does not put the Healing Advocacy Fund at odds with the group’s mission…
…Ryan Munevar said they will be fundraising in the coming months to determine whether it’s feasible to start collecting signatures for a new reform initiative in either June or October 2023 to make the November 2024 ballot. …the campaign had a team of 2,800 people who’d volunteered to assist in the signature collection process for…
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