Initiative PDX-01 has been filed to decriminalize five substances the measure defines as “psychedelic plant medicines.” Psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline cacti and DMT-containing plants… [15-1-2. No Law Shall Regulate Personal Use or Possesion of Psychedelic Plant Medicines. (a) The City of Portland shall adopt no law prohibiting or regulating the personal use or possession of psychedelic plant medicines…
The psychedelics reform movement is quietly advancing throughout the country, with four more major cities poised to take up proposals to decriminalize [entheogens] such as psilocybin mushrooms. Advocates in Chicago, Berkeley, Portland, and Dallas are pushing decriminalization measures—either through City Council action or ballot measures. Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Four more major cities take steps to…
The psychedelics reform movement is quietly advancing throughout the country, with four more major cities poised to take up proposals to decriminalize [entheogens] such as psilocybin mushrooms. Advocates in Chicago, Berkeley, Portland, and Dallas are pushing decriminalization measures—either through City Council action or ballot measures. Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Four more major cities take steps to…
On Oct. 16, the Chicago City Council unanimously passed a resolution expressing support for advancing the conversation around… [entheogens]. The resolution… pledges support for adult use. The most commonly recognizable are psilocybin-containing fungi, commonly referred to as “magic mushrooms.” Original Article (Illinoispolicy.org):Chicago city council call for decriminalization of magic mushrooms Artwork Fair Use: W.carter
Is this the beginnings of a plant-based psychedelic renaissance going on in… parks, house parties and festivals? If so, what’s going on? Why – are young people getting into the psychedelic fungi? Since peaks in the late-1990s and mid-2000s, we are now seeing the green shoots of magic mushroom revival. According to Home Office data, there’s been…
“There’s a lot of data out there showing that too little serotonin can lead to habitual repetitive thinking,” Austin De La Cruz, Pharm D., clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, said. “An individual might think that they’re not good enough, no one understands them, no one loves them, everything is terrible.”…
…centuries of biased propaganda and policy associating currently-illicit, plant-based substances with chaos, violence, and malice. As a society beginning to seriously discuss creative alternatives to the punishment- and abstinence-based status quo, we must acknowledge that maintaining drug prohibition requires both a misappropriation and control of substances that are… [naturally-occurring] to certain lands and cultures. Decolonizing drug use on…
Experts across the board stress the importance of parents hiring a babysitter to care for their children while they’re using psychedelics. This was the case with Danny Allan, a 42-year-old filmmaker and father of one. Allan said he and his wife take a “hearty” dose of mushrooms once every few months. They aim to mimic…
Home growing – seen by many as a commonsense policy that ensures access to cannabis for individuals who can’t afford retail prices, live too far… or just want to flex their green thumbs– …a chapter titled “The Fallacy of Home Grow” makes very specific—and, in the eyes of advocates, misleading—arguments against allowing… cultivation for personal use.…
“It’s hard to tell whether Oregon will be the right state to do this in and what the next steps are,” Sutton said. Sutton said the group wasn’t only looking at changing the law in Oregon. [He said] It does make sense in Oregon, where there are already tax dollars coming in from legal recreational…
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