Biography/Memoir

[Oregon]… state approval to test psilocybin

“We haven’t issued any licenses yet,” says [Oregon] psilocybin services spokeswoman Erica Heartquist. ChemHistory, LLC (Alex Hoggan – Domestic Limited Liability Company) of Milwaukie, was approved to test potency. Rose City Laboratories LLC (Grosz Law Office LLC – Daniel Joseph Huson – Foreign Limited Liability Company), won accreditation from the state of Oregon to test…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon’s legal… psilocybin… [Jackson County]

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported that they do expect service centers to become operational later this year, but it will “take some time for all four license types (manufacturing, laboratory, service centers, and facilitators) to become licensed and set up operations.” [OHA-Psilocybin Manufacturing]; John Masri (approved), Justin Lundberg (approved), Jawant Singh et al (approved), Scott Wozniak…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon psilocybin bills… [three in 2023]

[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…

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Biography/Memoir

Seeking psychedelics? Check the data privacy clause

Angela Allbee’s acknowledgement that mandatory data collection, including collecting deidentified data, was impossible without passing a new law… Mason Marks [who] teaches drug law, constitutional law, and administrative law [and] served on the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board where he chaired its Licensing Subcommittee… received a batch of emails from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) in…

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[Oregon] psychedelic surveillance bill…

The Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) current rules reflect the text of Measure 109, which erects a data barrier between service centers, where client information is stored, and the hands of third parties, including government agencies, law enforcement, and corporations… Senator Elizabeth Steiner’s bill seeks to overrule the fruits of that two-year process, which cost millions…

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Biography/Memoir

[Oregon]… psychedelic reform bills are on the agenda [again]

State voters already approved both [adult-use] psilocybin and broader drug decriminalization, but legislators have filed a pair of bills aimed at adjusting the psilocybin services program.  Senate Bill 303, filed by Sen. Elizabeth Steiner… would mandate that psilocybin businesses and therapists collect and report data such as average psilocybin doses and demographics of their client…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon… people of…

…[on giving] authority to collect and compile specified data and provide data to Oregon Health and Science University. …[bill introduced by Oregon Rep. Elizabeth Steiner states]… [claims no conflict of interest]… Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon… directs Oregon Health Authority to… adopt rules to require a psilocybin service center…

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Anthropology

Oregon… psilocybin guide?

Is all this time and money worth it? Given that the sessions are expected to cost hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars – and, obviously, won’t be covered by insurance… I find it hard to believe there’ll really be enough rich people to keep all the currently training PSFs [psilocybin services facilitator] busy. (Then again,…

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Biography/Memoir

In Oregon… Senator and former US Attorney…

Senator Kim Thatcher proposal at the request of former U.S. Attorney Billy Williams… the authority may adopt rules to carry out… if the applicant described… is not the owner of the premises to be licensed under [psilocybin cubensis related] ORS 475A.290 and the authority is able to verify ownership of the premises with the information…

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Psychology

Oregon’s… psilocybin… [services…]… [Measure 111 – SJR 12]

The Oregon Psilocybin Services Manager… at the Oregon Health Authority is Angela Allbee… asked what kinds of complaints she’s hearing, Albee said she couldn’t discuss specifics but that the commonest complaint to the agency is “I think my neighbor is growing magic mushrooms.” State… has issued 200-plus licenses… [out-of-state] psychedelic tourists are checking out Portland,…

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