An independent advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration rejected the use of MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder on Tuesday [6/4/2024]. While the vote is not binding on the F.D.A., the agency often follows the recommendations of its advisory panels. Members of an independent scientific advisory committee voted 9 to 2 that human…
Gov. Tina Kotek signaled Wednesday [1/31/24] she is willing to sign a bill that would once again make possessing small amounts of drugs a criminal offense in Oregon… “It’s a complex proposal and I’m watching it evolve and we’ll see where it ends up,” Kotek said. The remarks are the strongest Kotek has made to…
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson made the declaration for a 90-day period during which collaboration and response will come from a command center downtown… an incident command structure akin to those used during emergency events such as the coronavirus pandemic or severe weather incidents. The…
…in a notice set to be published in the Federal Register on Wednesday [Jan. 3, 2024], DEA said it received comments from registered manufacturers requesting increases to previously proposed 2024 quotas for the Schedule I substances in order to “meet medical and scientific needs,” and it agreed to do so in the new final order.…
MAPS PBC [Public Benefit Corporation] and COMPASS Pathways collaborated to work with the AMA [American Medical Association] to create these new CPT III codes. These are temporary codes assigned to emerging technologies, services and procedures, to facilitate reimbursement and support access to psychedelic therapies in the United States, if such therapies receive regulatory approval by the…
Next year marks the 10th anniversary of legalizing the cultivation and sale of recreational cannabis in Oregon. Economist Beau Whitney estimates 1 million pounds of dried pot were grown legally this year in Oregon. But Whitney estimates another 3.1 million pounds of illegally grown Oregon cannabis will be diverted across state lines. By Whitney’s calculations,…
“We know young people are taking them, so we have to be pragmatic about it and not bury our head in the sand.” -Police Minister Stuart Nash Drug testing at festivals in Australia and the United Kingdom had dropped hospitalisation rates by 95 per cent. Original Article (Stuff.co.nz):Independent drug-testing tents at festivals ‘a fantastic idea’,…
The City Council voted unanimously to decriminalize the adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other entheogenic, or psychoactive, plants and fungi. Denver voters in May approved a similar measure for people 21 and older. The vote makes the investigation and arrest of adults who grow, possess, use or distribute entheogenic plants one of…
…a major city (Oakland) in California is moving to consider a measure that [is calling] for an end to arrests and prosecutions of people for possessing additional psychedelic drugs such as mescaline cacti, ayahuasca and ibogaine. The investigation and arrest of adults for using, cultivating or distributing the psychedelics—sometimes referred to as entheogens—would be classified as “amongst the lowest law enforcement priority” for…
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