Death from LSD is extremely rare but selling large amounts of the drug to a minor carries a heightened risk, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sweet said. A Eugene man who sold liquid LSD that ended up in the hands of a 13-year-old boy who died after using the drug was sentenced… to three years in…
Springfield officials expressed support for continuing to explore the possibility of a drug treatment court, but Mayor Sean VanGordon said the city is “a long way from the finish line.” The city is prepared to apply for funding to start a drug treatment court as soon as the federal funding window opens, said Presiding Municipal…
The Eugene Police Department seized an estimated 18 pounds of suspected fentanyl… in what the department says is the largest fentanyl seizure in its history. The pills were a mixture of blue- and rainbow-colored, according to photos of the seized drugs from EPD. The seizure comes five months after EPD reported the department’s previous largest…
As part of the new contract, the city and White Bird are doing a reset to make sure responsibilities are clearly laid out, Police Chief Chris Skinner said. While CAHOOTS is a good model and garners national attention for a reason, that same success has led to some challenges, Weinzetl said, namely a bottleneck in…
The competition for patents is well under way… each company has interpreted the decision as a win, with Freedom to Operate saying the decision limits Compass Pathways’ “ownership [to] . . . the exact shape of their form of psilocybin, and not others,” while Compass Pathways does not “see how avoiding infringing on their patents…
A small 2019 study in Psychopharmacology found that after taking ayahuasca, people showed better emotional regulation. That is, they were less prone to negative judgment and knee-jerk emotional reactions in response to triggering situations. When Zaharo Tsekouras drank ayahuasca at a retreat in Oregon, on the second night, she saw a grandmother figure holding a…
The proposed quota for psilocybin is the same in 2023 as it was this year [2022], at 8,000 grams. But it’s looking to double the manufacturing of the other key ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, psilocyn [ie, psilocin], from 4,000 to 8,000 grams. For LSD, the agency’s 2023 quota is 1,200 grams, almost triple the…
As Canada slowly enters the era of retail magic mushrooms, Toronto is already ahead… the store supplies everything from dried psilocybin and microdose capsules to mushroom chocolates and mushroom tea. Shroomyz on Queen Street… items range anywhere from $35 for capsules to $200 for a 28-gram bag of dried mushrooms. Original Article (Daily Hive):First magic…
As Canada slowly enters the era of retail magic mushrooms, Toronto is already ahead of the game. The store supplies everything from dried psilocybin and microdose capsules to mushroom chocolates and mushroom tea. Shroomyz on Queen Street… items range anywhere from $35 for capsules to $200 for a 28-gram bag of dried mushrooms. Original Article…
…Sevilla said that he took psilocybin, a psychedelic known as magic mushrooms, at Miami International Airport before boarding the flight, authorities said. Sevilla was arrested for assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdiction as well as interference with flight crew members… refused to take his seat when asked by flight attendants, opting to lay on the…
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