Oregon’s new legal psilocybin program serves to transition psilocybin from an illegal substance into a regulated industry within the state… a gap that many saw in Measure 109… …the task force would not be permanent, SB 1580, current location in Senate Committee (Joint Committee on Ways and Means), could pave the way for a permanent…
…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…
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…
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
Findings from the journal Scientific Reports suggest that psychedelic drugs can alter a person’s core beliefs about the nature of reality, consciousness, and free will. After taking psychedelics, participants’ views tended to sway from physicalism to supernatural beliefs, and these changes lasted up to six months… the extent that participants felt ‘emotional synchrony’ with other attendees predicted…
Polymorphs B, A, and H… supported through Usona as an open access paper… peer-reviewed study… shows three most pharmaceutically relevant crystalline forms of psilocybin have been consistently created and observed since 1959. The ability of a unique crystalline arrangement to solidify in more than one form, called polymorphs, can be optimized using precise combinations of…
…there’s a long way to go before these therapies are available to everyone. For one, many of the substances, including MDMA and psilocybin, will likely not get the legal green light for another few years, though some jurisdictions are leading the way. With one in five North Americans experiencing a mental illness in any given…
…Canada’s revised rules… allow doctors to request patient access to psychoactive substances for any serious treatment-resistant condition… a response is expected within 48 hours. Previously, the government had granted very limited access to psychedelics under a different program for illnesses such as late-stage cancer. It often took months for patients to hear back. Original Article…
According to Canadian advocates… “is ten steps backwards for Health Canada.” …over 130 healthcare professionals are about to be denied compassionate access to psilocybin mushrooms for training purposes via Section 56 exemptions, following a decision by federal health authorities. Original Article (Truffle Report):Health Canada denying psilocybin access to healthcare professionalsArtwork Fair Use: coastal elite
[National Institute of Drug Abuse Director] Dr. Nora Volkow’s remarks about marijuana apply with equal force to psilocybin. As research continues to reveal the promise of psilocybin… and as more U.S. jurisdictions diverge from federal law to relax and/or eliminate criminal penalties for psilocybin… Importantly… psilocybin… will move forward with or without the federal government……
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