Politics

Psilocybin in Oregon may help address fears of death, but… access…

John was among tens of thousands of Oregonians whose conditions may prevent them from traveling to service centers… few downsides to creating more avenues for people to access psilocybin, like allowing for use at home or in hospice centers. …a federal lawsuit against the Oregon Health Authority, alleging the agency’s psilocybin services program violates the…

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Politics

People; …eating huge doses of magic mushrooms live on social media

“After decades of drug war propaganda demonizing psychedelics, the narrative has swung to the opposite extreme, with increasing claims that they’re among the safest drugs one can take,” says Dr Manesh Girn, a neuroscientist specializing in psychedelics at the University of California. …at no point in recent history has the use of psychedelics felt so…

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Modern Culture

Psychedelics group wants to protect Portland… users of… plant- or mushroom-based psychedelics… from cops

Portland advocates for psychedelic drug use are hoping to put an initiative on the city’s 2026 ballot that would protect people who use what they call non-toxic and non-addictive plant- or mushroom-based psychedelic drugs from arrest. Under the proposed initiative, non-toxic and non-addictive psychedelics would be designated police officers’ “lowest priority for enforcement,” according to the initiative…

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Politics

Glut of shroom guides… [Oregon]

“It is a little heavy-hearted that we let the psilocybin program go,” Synaptic founder Matthew Hicks said. [In Oregon]… “There’s a lot of underemployed facilitators right now,” Hicks said. Original Article (Willamette Week):Glut of shroom guides leads to hold on trainingArtwork Fair Use: Public Domain

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Politics

Legalization of psychedelic drugs is on the ballot in Massachusetts

[In Massachusetts]… a yes vote would trigger the state’s commission and advisory board to establish a regulatory framework for the psychedelics… residents may also grow psychedelics in a 12-foot-by-12-foot space, as long as it’s secured from anyone under 21… Oregon was the first state to legalize psilocybin for adult use, but with a very tight…

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Politics

…women are being prosecuted for using marijuana… while pregnant following Roe’s repeal…

Wendy Bach, principal investigator of the report and professor at the University of Tennessee law school… “We learned that prosecutions in the year after Dobbs represent a high-water mark in pregnancy criminalization, following from increased suspicion and surveillance of pregnant people,” she said. “It is significant that… in thirty-one of those eighty-six cases, the only…

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