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One psychedelic ride… bike for… magic mushrooms

According to Colin Pugh, the executive director of BPS, the Brooklyn Psychedelic Society’s mission is to “make psychedelic healing a publically-accessible good by creating a nationwide network of psychedelic co-ops.” “I think there’s a real opportunity here to build a new kind of mental healthcare system that is owned and operated by the people,” Pugh…

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The advantages of psychedelic prohibition

She’s walking away from the above-ground therapy world… she let her designation as a “therapist” from… Department of Regulatory Agencies lapse. It was a deliberate renunciation, a conscious break. She doesn’t agree with the state’s regulations for therapists, believing they’re too restrictive and can actually interfere with her ability to support her clients- and, among…

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Original magic bus

The wildly painted bus got stopped by the police… the Pranksters were never arrested. They carried orange juice laced with LSD, which was legal at the time. “When people ask what my best work is, it’s the bus,” Ken Kesey said in 2000. “Those books made it possible for the bus to become.” … “Oregon…

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[Synthetic patented psilocybin] are giving [some stock] investors a bad trip

It won’t be long before politicians trip together to resolve their differences… billionaire German investor Christian Angermayer, says. Right now, though, the charm offensive isn’t working so well. An exchange-traded fund tracking psychedelic stocks has lost two-thirds of its value since peaking last year. While some of these companies haven’t suffered as much… the comedown…

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How to grow…

“Take your time; you cannot rush it. My biggest tip is to never cut corners,” Quinn said… I look forward to… where Americans are able to grow these tools for healing right in their home without fear of legal repercussions. Mycology as a whole is incredibly complicated… you can do it a million different ways.…

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California… investors… Oregon’s psilocybin…

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…

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…interests shaping Oregon’s psilocybin…

Oddly enough, Eckert seemingly wrote his Board position into the psilocybin law itself.  “[Eckert] wants to start a for-profit company to train facilitators while also being the one in charge of making recommendations about what kinds of requirements go into the training,” Bryan Kim, co-founder of Decriminalize Nature Portland… [said]. “So he has structurally created the…

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