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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBBrookings and Sutherlin residents will vote on the future of psilocybin businesses in the upcoming November election. -
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBResidents of the Douglas County city get to decide on the emerging therapy because a two-year moratorium on these businesses expires at the end of this year.
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Oregon regulators are threatening to revoke their approval of a psilocybin mushroom facilitator school that holds retreats in Southern Oregon and claims it should get religious exemptions. -
Abundant research has shown that psychedelics have the potential to produce lasting relief from depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and other mental health conditions. But experts warn that these powerful drugs are not for everybody, as California consider a bill to legalize them for therapeutic use. -
Oregon鈥檚 first service center for the psychedelic drug psilocybin received its license one year ago this month. -
In Oregon, some are seeking out psilocybin for relief from mental health issues. But tracking the effects of that treatment is very much a work in progress. -
Former Assembly Republican leader Marie Waldron and San Francisco Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener may not have a lot in common, but they鈥檝e formed an unlikely alliance over psychedelic drugs. -
Six hundred patients have participated in Oregon's first-in-the-nation psilocybin therapy program since May. -
Chaplains provide spiritual counsel at some of life's most raw moments. With psychedelic legalization spreading, some chaplains think this role should include facilitating psychedelic trips. -
Psychedelics like mushrooms and mescaline could be decriminalized in California as advocates tout their therapeutic potential. -
The owners of two psilocybin service centers in Eugene and Ashland have begun providing psychedelic mushrooms in supervised settings regulated by the Oregon Health Authority. -
The Oregon Health Authority has granted a license to the state鈥檚 first psilocybin service center. Last week, EPIC Healing Eugene got the green light to soon offer psychedelic therapy sessions to clients 21 and older. -
In November 2020, Oregon voters passed Measure 109, which allows the psychedelic compound psilocybin to be administered to adults in licensed service centers. The state鈥檚 first cohort of trained psilocybin-assisted therapy facilitators are completing their programs this spring.
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After more than two years of developing rules and regulations, Oregon Psilocybin Services is now reviewing applications and issuing licenses for facilitators, service centers, manufacturers and laboratories.
