Ilse Wiechers, deputy executive director of VA’s Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, provided insights into the department’s thinking on psychedelics… …says the agency is keeping a “very close eye” on psychedelics research and policy amid the growing reform movement, and that includes exploring issuing new guidance to ensure that veterans are protected from…
[Three] psilocybin [related] bills [two psilocybin cubensis related (SB’s) and one psilocybin related (HB)] introduced for 2023… [SB 302, SB 303] & [HB 2831] which would repeal Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization law, and affect [Oregon’s] psilocybin program… [Rep. Kim Thatcher’s SB 302]… in the psilocybin context, the new law would only apply to manufacturers. [Psilocybin…
…the following activities would not be unlawful for adults: “The possession, ingestion, obtaining, growing, giving away without financial gain to natural persons 18 years of age or older… …and transportation of no more than two grams of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, and mescaline, excluding the weight of any material such as water, plant and fungi…
Two years after Measure 110 was enacted, four state senators want to repeal it [against the will of Oregon voters who supported the measure]. Sponsored by Representative Lily Morgan… would reinstitute criminal penalties for possessing small, personal amounts of controlled substances. Representatives Jami Cate, Rick Lewis, and Anna Scharf, have co-sponsored the bill. …would eliminate the Class E violation…
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 is proud to publicly endorse New Jersey Assembly Bill… authorizing production and use of psilocybin to promote health and wellness. Importantly… both decriminalizes psilocybin production, possession, use, and distribution, and expunges past offenses. “We welcome the introduction of this thoughtful piece of legislation,” said Sam Ferraino, president…
…would remove criminal penalties for psilocybin possession… supporters of the bill have said research shows psychedelic mushrooms can help people struggling with mental health issues such as PTSD and depression. …have shown to help improve people’s well-being, particularly a person’s connectedness to family and friends, feelings of trust and community, and the ability to engage…
The research grants would be appropriated for phase I, II and III clinical trials that are “capable of being approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate the effects of whole mushroom psilocybin” for the designated conditions… to evaluate the effects of whole mushroom psilocybin on treating any of the following:…
…psilocybin mushrooms have been found to be some of the safest recreational drugs, even compared to alcohol and cannabis… …an act legalizing certain controlled substances for persons 21 years of age or older… would legalize the possession and use of a list of psychedelics including psilocybin, mescaline… also reduces the penalties for the possession and…
…[would not be required] to be diagnosed with or have any particular medical condition as a condition to being provided psilocybin… …would… prohibit penalization of workers lawfully taking psilocybin… explicitly shields health care providers… from being penalized. Original Article (Benzinga & & Filtermag & State of Washington):Legalizing psychedelics from New York to Washington and five…
“Caregiver”, a person twenty-one years of age or older who assists in the eligible patient’s medical use of natural medicine… “Natural medicine”, psilocybin or psilocyn, if derived from a plant or fungus… natural medicine may be obtained by caregivers and eligible patients and provided to eligible patients under this section. “Eligible patient”, a person twenty-one…
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