This summer [2024], the Oregon Capital Chronicle kicked off a raft of reporting on lack of customer demand in the OPS system, noting at least one service center closure… [At]… Harris Sliwoski… we’ve since become aware of a few more, and others operating on a limited or part-time basis. Fundamentally, the program is also imbalanced. There are…
John was among tens of thousands of Oregonians whose conditions may prevent them from traveling to service centers… few downsides to creating more avenues for people to access psilocybin, like allowing for use at home or in hospice centers. …a federal lawsuit against the Oregon Health Authority, alleging the agency’s psilocybin services program violates the…
…two dozen participants will take a relatively low dose of psilocybin, kick back and listen to a DJ. Traphagen is excited about the possibility for group experiences like this to reach more people compared to one-on-one sessions between a client and a facilitator. “In this model, we’re going to be able to give mushrooms to…
Oregon became first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. “The cost for the program has been astronomical and is not accessible to people across the socioeconomic spectrum,” MJ Wilt, who just opened a licensed center in the Portland suburb of Gresham, spent tens of thousands…
“It is a little heavy-hearted that we let the psilocybin program go,” Synaptic founder Matthew Hicks said. [In Oregon]… “There’s a lot of underemployed facilitators right now,” Hicks said. Original Article (Willamette Week):Glut of shroom guides leads to hold on trainingArtwork Fair Use: Public Domain
The donation shows that Dr. Bronner’s is doubling down on the Oregon experiment with psilocybin despite its troubles, as outlined in Willamette Week’s cover story… service centers are struggling to make it, costs are high, and surprising backers are showing up. Bendable Therapy… the nonprofit pairs clients with licensed guides at partner facilities for psilocybin treatment.…
Regulators in Oregon have licensed the country’s first-ever state-legal psilocybin edibles manufacturer, the Southeast Portland company announced… The Milwaukie-based company’s brand… said in a press release… includes “dark chocolates precisely dosed with dried, homogenized mushrooms, have a chocolate-forward flavor with nutty and earthy notes from the mushrooms.” Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Oregon regulators grant first license…
[Oregon], local governments are considering ballot measures and ordinances… Warrenton, OR; on July 23 [2024], city commissioners approved a resolution to place a permanent moratorium on the November [2024] ballot. “I’m totally against the idea of even having (psilocybin) in this community. I’m totally against the idea that we as a society need to start…
“Defendant OHA’s (Oregon Health Authority’s) refusal to allow accommodations has placed disabled and terminally ill individuals where they would only be able to access needed services by turning to underground sources,” it continues. “For many terminally ill individuals, this means that they will die without having access to psilocybin services that would have substantially benefited…
A year in, Oregon’s experiment with the first regulated psilocybin mushroom market in the world is short on customers. …a year of challenges, red tape and waning interest in guided mushroom trips under Oregon’s… legal model… to date, roughly 3,500 clients [from primarily out-of-state] have taken a supervised trip in one of Oregon’s 25 psilocybin…
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