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Get your drugs tested

“Had a great morning opening our second Get Your Drugs Tested location at 245 W Broadway,” he said. “Been talking to reporters all day about our innovative free community drug-checking service, and the upcoming City Hall hearing about our 247 W Broadway mushroom dispensary license,” said Dana Larsen. Original Article (X formerly knowns as Twitter):Get…

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Magic mushroom co-op… attention

“There would be a way for somebody to give away medicine for free and charge for bonafide harm-reduction or support services,” McAllister said… Critics of his co-op “don’t understand how the support center operates,” Darren Lyman says. “I don’t sell products. I provide support.” According to Sean McAllister, a cannabis and psychedelics attorney, Colorado’s natural…

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Psychedelic experts gather at Portland Art Museum

The world’s leading experts, lobbyists and government leaders involved in legalizing [and decriminalizing possession, cultivation, and sharing of] psychedelic drugs in Oregon gathered… at the Portland Art Museum. “We’re about to find ourselves in the coming years at the forefront of this work and movement again when we begin to bring in pilot projects and…

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Supreme Court… opioid settlement…

Members of the Sackler family have denied wrongdoing but expressed regret that OxyContin “unexpectedly became part of an opioid crisis.” … another sign read, “Deadliest white collar criminals – the Sackler cartel.” …the Sackler family members withdrew billions from Purdue before agreeing to contribute up to $6 billion to its opioid settlement. The deal conflicts…

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Oregon… psilocybin… center will open…

Tom Eckert [originally of IP-12 (broad psilocybin mushroom cultivation decriminalization for Oregonian adults 21 and older) which he supported switching to IP-34 which subsequently turned into M109] and Rachel Aidan [formerly of the bankrupt Synthesis Institute in Oregon] are the co-founders of the Center: a 5,000-square-foot facility located at the corner of Burnside and MLK…

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Denver psilocybin support center…

After Darren took out an ad in Westword, his business at a studio in the 800 block of W. Eighth Avenue gained popularity. “Since I started making both cannabis and psilocybin edibles for my dad, I’ve seen his healing process,” said Darren Lyman [who] offers support sessions, and then provides the mushrooms for free. Shannon…

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Oregon psilocybin… data rules

To investigate, Psychedelic Week reviewed footage of Oregon House and Senate discussions regarding the bill… a short video titled The Most Important Thing About Senate Bill 303… unable to find cases where Steiner or the Fund, which lobbied for the bill’s passage, mentioned a partial opt out. …one of the most frequently discussed topics was the…

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Is Massachusetts… in trouble?

…multiple sources say the Massachusetts psychedelic ballot campaign run by New Approach PAC may have made technical errors while collecting signatures for its 2024 ballot initiative. If the rumors are true, it is unclear what kind of error created the urgent need to collect signatures anew. The conspiratorially-minded might wonder whether these rumors could serve…

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Denver psilocybin mushroom dispensary…

Darren Lyman, who’s currently moving full steam ahead on the buildout of his co-op… so far, he hasn’t heard any objections from the government. Although both Prop 122 and resulting laws allow for commercial psilocybin use to take place only under supervision, Lyman argues that his co-op isn’t trying to be a supervised use site.…

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