London-based Compass Pathways PLC, which has adopted the conventional biotech strategy of modifying naturally existing psilocybin into a patentable drug and taking it through clinical trials. The firm, founded in 2020, boasted a stock market value of $2 billion in November 2021, but its shares since have slumped 80 percent. Small Pharma, a small Canadian…
…three manufacturers (growers) of the chosen mushroom, psilocybe cubensis, have been licensed and are growing it… They are Tori Armbrust of Southeast Portland, Andreas Met of Medford, Gared Hansen of Walterville. Original Article (KOIN):Portland mom spearheads psilocybin mushroom farming, one tote at a timeArtwork Fair Use: Flanoz
When Denver journalist Chris Walker contacted appointees to inquire about their backgrounds, he learned the governor’s office had prohibited them from speaking with the press or the public… gag order… when Polis announced his board appointments on January 27 [2023], local activists saw few names they recognized. No one from the Nowak Society or Natural…
On April 13 [2023], the 15 people who will advise Colorado regulators on the rollout of legal psychedelics will meet and speak in public for the first time since they were appointed by Governor Jared Polis. In January 2023, The Denver Post attempted to interview all 15 members of the board, but seven declined to…
To some observers, the central question is why the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) – the cannabis regulatory agency with a $200 million annual budget and 380 employees, including sworn enforcement officers – would keep granting a chain like La Mota more retail licenses despite its owners allegedly owing government agencies and vendors millions.…
[Company claims products]… intended to deliver compounds across the blood-brain-barrier while bypassing the GI tract and liver, eliminating hallucinogenic effects… ability to precisely manufacture compounds different size, different shape, different delivery mechanisms… and immense advantage compared to any competitor in the field… “I enjoyed visiting Psycheceutical’s lab and meeting some of the team behind the…
Like many critics, Wheeler is scapegoating Measure 110 for Portland’s problems, Hurst alleges. Repealing Measure 110, an option Mayor Ted Wheeler suggested at a town hall on Saturday [3/25/2023], would cost Multnomah County $58 million in drug treatment funds in the two years ending in December, says Tera Hurst, executive director of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery…
Georgina Martin said she knows psychedelics can carry a stigma and some of the First Nations communities the centre has approached have not wanted to work with them. She said the use of psychedelics for healing will likely go through growing pains similar to what cannabis went through when it was being legalized. Researchers at…
One cannot talk about María Sabína’s public memory without talking about the impact of colonization and patriarchy. In many cultures under colonized rule, syncretism is the practice of an attempted amalgamation of different religions. In Sabina’s case, she took the religion of the Spaniards, Catholicism, and used that to mask their Indigenous practices. Original Article…
Ricardo Pereyda accepted the role of vice president and COO of the veteran-focused Weed for Warriors Project (WFW). He brought along another veteran named Sean Kiernan – who had also been involved with Sue Sisley and MAPS – to act as CFO for WFW (Kiernan would later become the CEO of the organization.). When it…
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