Politics
The proposal prohibits synthetic psilocybin and echoes state food preparation and legalized cannabis guidelines.
Decriminalize Nature’s controversial stances on hot button issues has led to the birth of new groups independent of the national organization.
The activist group Decriminalize Nature catalyzed a national movement, but the board’s new guidelines reflect tensions within the grassroots movement.
David Bronner is spearheading a sit-in at DEA headquarters next month to demand access to psilocybin for patients under the federal “Right to Try” law.
Patients who were denied end-of-life psychedelic therapy by the DEA turn to Senator Patty Murray to intervene with the federal agency.
The bills would create a state-funded research institute, decriminalize magic mushrooms, and provide psilocybin-assisted therapy for eligible patients.
California’s pending psychedelic decrim bill SB 519 is being held in the state legislature to give the coalition behind the legislation time to build support.
New York and Washington consider bills to legalize the medical use of psilocybin, while Colorado voters might establish medical frameworks for psilocybin therapy this November.
Concerned scientists say that the proposal will inevitably hamper vital research of nearly 100 related compounds.
Oregon is innovating the first legal system in the U.S. to train and regulate facilitators of psilocybin experiences.
