Biography/Memoir

…interests shaping Oregon’s psilocybin…

Oddly enough, Eckert seemingly wrote his Board position into the psilocybin law itself.  “[Eckert] wants to start a for-profit company to train facilitators while also being the one in charge of making recommendations about what kinds of requirements go into the training,” Bryan Kim, co-founder of Decriminalize Nature Portland… [said]. “So he has structurally created the…

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Politics

New Approach PAC IP-59 & Decriminalize Nature IP-61

Two proposed initiatives. Under IP-59 [establishing regulated access by adults twenty-one years of age and older to natural medicine that show promise in improving well-being, life satisfaction, and overall health and the department shall have the authority to adopt rules that differentiate between natural medicines and that regulate each natural medicine differently… Local government impact.…

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Anthropology

Oklahoma… psilocybin decriminalization bill

The state’s… House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, 62-30, to pass House Bill 3414… it is also possible that the Senate could make changes to the bill, which would then require the House to vote on it again. …bill would decriminalize the possession of up to one and a half ounces of psilocybin… those found in possession…

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Biography/Memoir

Head of Oregon’s psilocybin advisory board resigns

The chairman of the volunteer board writing Oregon’s rules for psilocybin has resigned. The departure comes after board members were asked to disclose any conflicts of interest… other board members had called for… resign… the state said it has encouraged the psilocybin advisory group to work with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. Original Article (OPB):Head of Oregon’s…

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Politics

Oklahoma lawmakers pass psilocybin bill in committee

Currently, at least 12 US states are pushing for psychedelic reforms in terms of research or decriminalization. The momentum for psychedelic policy reform has taken a front seat since the beginning of 2022, with at least eight new state bills filed in the first two months (Washington, Hawaii, Maine, Virginia, Missouri, Maryland, and Utah) alongside…

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Modern Culture

…statewide psychedelics…

…campaign… by Decriminalize Nature Boulder County… one-page measure would allow adults 21 and older to possess, cultivate, gift and deliver psilocybin, psilocyn, ibogaine, mescaline and DMT. Further, the measure says that it would be lawful to conduct psychedelics services for guidance, therapy and harm reduction and spiritual purposes with or without accepting payment. It would…

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Biography/Memoir

…spends big on Oregon politics

The Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board is considering adding conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements to its bylaws… at least two board members have formed LLCs related to psilocybin use. …the board will discuss two proposed amendments: one that would require members of the board and its subcommittees to disclose conflicts of interest more generally, and another that specifically…

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Biography/Memoir

…DEA and FDA approval to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms in the United States

…the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved… company to cultivate Psilocybe cubensis… under their Schedule I Research License. …saves… an estimated $2.5MM annually in R&D costs associated with procuring Schedule I drug compounds from approved third-party vendors… the first vertically integrated… psilocybin… Original Article (Digital Journal):Mycrodose…

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