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Colorado voters will soon decide whether to decriminalize 5 natural psychedelics

If successful, the Colorado initiative would represent the broadest liberalization of psychedelic policy ever approved in the United States. The covered activities, which would not be subject to criminal or civil penalties, include “growing, cultivating, or processing plants or fungi capable of producing natural medicine for personal use.” Also protected: possessing, storing, using, transporting, or…

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Is America about to enter a new era of psychedelics?

In fact, local-based initiatives have even been leading local reform… now it seems we are on the precipice of a psychedelic renaissance, that could once again see the federal government joining the revolution. The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) is federal law and this classification creates constraints on psychedelic research and access across different states, just…

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Psychedelic research and the real world

The problem is that in the real world… people with characteristics that would have excluded them from the psilocybin trial are common… exclusion criteria are not the only problematic aspect… of psychedelics, however. Another is the psychotherapeutic component of the treatment, which is currently variable, time-consuming and extensive. In the psilocybin trial mentioned… two therapists…

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…the ancients knew a thing or two about drugs

…recognition of the fundamental, positive role played by drugs and ecstatic experience may run contrary to the negative bias shaped by the backlash against the counterculture of the 1960s. Thus far, we find no ancient evidence for hostility or stigmatization. Instead, drug use seems to have been an integral feature of community life, as well…

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Aspen, Colorado activists pursue psychedelics decriminalization for 2023 ballot as voters prepare to decide on statewide 2022 legalization measure

…the brainchild of a working group that was formed last year after the Aspen City Council met to discuss possible psychedelics reform… …while local lawmakers declined to take action, advocates drew lessons from other cities across the U.S. that have decriminalized psychedelics and created their own ballot measure that was certified for signature gathering earlier…

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…psilocybin, we speak to local expert

…when the option for micro-dosing magic mushrooms is available… What motivates… a big step… join the forces to promote another controversial drug? Oregon currently ranks the lowest in mental health illness – a fact backed up by the Mental Health America statistics showing Oregon at No. 51 for prevalence among adults and youths. Original Article…

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Decriminalize Colorado grassroots activists to turn in signatures…

On Monday, August 8th, 2022, Decriminalize Nature Colorado will turn in their collected signatures, wrapping up an attempt to get a locally led decriminalization initiative on the Colorado ballot this November [2022]. IP 61 would revise the Colorado Controlled Substances Act to fully decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants, make possession, use, and facilitation…

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…psychedelic microdoses

…highlights that most FDA-approved research studies focus on the clinical outcomes of using consciousness-altering doses of psychedelics during guided sessions, and that state-regulated models only allow access to quantities of psychedelics that dramatically shift consciousness.  …with a lack of regulatory pathways to accessing sub-perceptible doses of psychedelics… seeking to create a legal pathway for microdosing…

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