[Oregon’s Measure 109] …does not legalise psilocybin [for homegrowing, as cannabis is now] or make it available at dispensaries, as cannabis is now… …screening process should help exclude those unsuited to it. Oregon’s health department will license the centres, facilitators, psilocybin producers and testing labs… does not mean Oregonians can pick up a few mushrooms…
This drug, Moksha, could be seen as the mirror image of Soma: a fantastic agent for spiritual liberation that provides a full-blown mystical experience and stands at the foundation of the utopian society described in the novel… Huxley’s fascination with the threat and promise of consciousness-altering chemicals constitutes a thread that runs through his writing. Brave…
Both of these organizations have a longstanding history with drug advocacy, and this collaboration will no doubt strengthen the cause. Both DN and SSDP have accomplished many things over the years. DN is newer to the advocacy scene, having been founded in Oakland in 2019, but its efforts have grown rapidly and there are chapters…
…introduced Senate Bill 1580 to the Oregon legislature. If passed the bill will establish the “Task Force on Psilocybin Equity” that will research problems relating to access and equity in Oregon’s emerging psilocybin program. SB 1580 charges the task force with studying: (1) barriers low-income and people of color will face in establishing psilocybin-related businesses…
Decriminalization in Port Townsend applies only to adults over 18 – it remains illegal to distribute entheogens to children, or for children to use them – but includes the cultivation of entheogens… in November 2020, Port Townsend activists were jolted into “non-stop” action when police arrested Annie… for charges including possession of psilocybin… was facing…
Change state law to allow immediate legal access to psychedelics at the local level… Let local governments decide how to regulate their markets. It’s clear that many local governments are prepared to decriminalize personal possession of psychedelics and some non-commercial supply-side activity, as we see from the wave of local level-decriminalization that started in Denver…
In the paper, the authors highlight errors they discovered in the patent granted to COMPASS Pathways… COMPASS fell victim to that problem by not distinguishing between different crystalline forms. In other words, COMPASS fell victim to the problem it claimed to solve. The Petition claims that COMPASS Pathways never reported the crystal structure for its…
Much like the legalization of cannabis, voters may have pushed laws faster than some legislatures would have liked. …in the case of psychedelics, demonstration projects could help control sky-high costs. Psychedelic therapy has already received criticism because of its relatively high cost, which can be upwards of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket. In the middle of…
Their game plan? To get psilocybin rescheduled under the United Nations 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. …if the initiative is successful, it would put some additional pressure on many governments to act and maybe have other governments take a second look at their psilocybin legislation. Original Article (Marijuana Moment):New coalition seeks to reschedule ‘magic mushrooms’…
…research has demonstrated that psilocybin is not just safe to use but is in fact safer than alcohol. Researchers have therefore recommended that psilocybin should more appropriately be categorized as a Schedule IV substance. Entheogens like psilocybin – as well as ayahuasca, iboga, peyote, and others – are following in the path of cannabis from illegality to…
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