Politics

From the community editorial board: psilocybin mushrooms

Every single one of us, whether we identify as progressive or conservative or somewhere in between, has strong opinions about the right way to live, how to treat others, and how others should act. This is not necessarily problematic; human societies have developed and enforced their own moral codes since the earliest days of civilization.…

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…psychedelic revolution has arrived

Baby-faced and earnest… City Council member was an assistant city attorney before he began repping… So when a group of activists approached… about decriminalizing psychedelics early in 2021, all their talk of psychoactive substances went way over his head. He’d never used magic mushrooms let alone studied the science and policy surrounding substances that, the advocates stressed,…

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DEA psychedelics ban to undergo rare legal hearings…

Researchers and advocates scored a procedural victory… in their fight against the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA)… the fact that cannabis and other entheogenic substance remain Schedule I drugs – meaning the agency determined it has no medical value and a high abuse potential – has particularly called into question DEA’s judgment in these matters. Not…

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Politics

Paralysis… psilocybin plan…

…Oregon has to strike a delicate balance between keeping patients safe, allowing businesses to operate and respecting people’s individual rights. It would be ideal if people could buy their own psilocybin products, know exactly what’s in them, take them home, and use them as they wish, potentially in trusted company. Allowing home grow is also…

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Biography/Memoir

No… settlement… opioid claims… [and Sackler family]

[The Department of Justice is fighting to strip the billionaire Sackler family of the sweeping legal immunity… according to Forbes, the Sackler family made $12 billion to $13 billion in profit from OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma – much more than what was previously known, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing court records.] [Attorney General…

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…in Oregon

This much is certain: The trip will cost you… the Oregon Psilocybin Society said, “…. this novel approach could help alleviate the mental health crisis here in Oregon by addressing costly epidemics like suicide, treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, PTSD, and addiction to drugs, alcohol, and nicotine.” The price tag… a single seven-hour “…dosing session” could…

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Politics

…U.S. district attorney… prosecuting small-time marijuana growers

Coloradans will be surprised to learn that Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office has targeted low-level residential marijuana growers for federal prosecution, some of whom receive ten-year mandatory prison sentences. The U.S. Attorney can decline to focus on drug cases at all… the data show the feds don’t only target larger operations. The overwhelming majority of the…

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…legalizing… one species of [psilocybin] fungi

Though the [Oregon] rules have yet to be adopted or even completed… California is expected to pass a Senate Bill in 2022 to… [allow] personal… psilocybin… Original Article (Psychedelic Spotlight):Oregon psilocybin advisory board proposes legalizing just one species of psychedelic fungiArtwork Fair Use: Baelde

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