That the general statutes be amended to allow the use of psilocybin… …for medicinal and therapeutic purposes, including, but not limited to, the provision of physical, mental or behavioral health care. Original Article (State of Connecticut):State of ConnecticutArtwork Fair Use: Katja Schulz
…amend state drug laws making non-medical possession of psilocybin a class 2 misdemeanor… reclassification of psilocybin from Schedule I to Schedule III… no one spoke against the bill during public comment. …including PTSD, end-of-life anxiety and cases of severe depression where past treatments haven’t worked. She said a growing body of research supports these benefits……
…according to attorney Vince Sliwoski [at Harris Bricken Law Firm], “For better access and affordability, you need broad decriminalization merged with a retail or storefront distribution model.” Sliwoski does not have high hopes for the future of Oregon’s psilocybin services program… while he is not concerned about the federal government stepping in and shutting Oregon’s…
Colorado allow[s] individuals aged 21 and up to use, grow and share [psilocybe] mushrooms… Research on psychedelics has been making a comeback in recent years. Starting in 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began paving the way for researchers to investigate the use of psilocybin therapy to treat conditions such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Original Article…
SB 58; Ash Kalra… is a principal co-author… co-authored by assembly members Buffy Wicks… Evan Low… Matt Haney… Alex Lee… Isaac Bryan… Lola Smallwood-Cuevas… Senator Wiener is a leader within a larger movement to end the so-called “War on Drugs and its failed and destructive policies.” He’s also advocated for opening “safe consumption sites” for…
Compared to the gradual collapse of marijuana prohibition, psychedelic policy seems to be shifting remarkably fast. While states began banning cannabis a century ago, culminating in the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, prohibition of psychedelics was enacted in the late 1960s… [for example, in Virginia], proposing to make psilocybin, the hallucinogenic substance found in “magic…
MDMA will be either approved or rejected as a legal prescription medicine. …positive results from… a multi-site Phase 3 study of MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”). The study met both the primary endpoint as measured by the change from baseline in Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (“CAPS-5”) and the key secondary endpoint of…
…the long-awaited moment of legalized psychedelics… finally arrived. Officials… said the biggest tensions were over affordability, since psilocybin will not be covered by insurance… a single session is likely to cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. On Jan. 1 [2023], Oregon became the first state in the nation to legalize the adult use of…
Oregon’s education and licensing requirements illustrate the potential for regulatory drift. Like adult use cannabis, Measure 109’s supported adult use model allows people to access psilocybin for any reason, such as personal or spiritual growth and the promotion of physical and mental wellness. However, unlike adult use cannabis, Measure 109’s supported adult use model requires…
…some… urged the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to require clients to agree to share data as a condition of receiving psilocybin. In its final version of the client bill of rights, the OHA deleted the limitation to personal information and reintroduced the right “to refuse to release any information to third parties”, restoring clients’ ability to control how their information is…
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