Policy
TREAT California Withdraws 2024 Ballot Initiative Efforts, Redirects Focus to TREAT Humanity
PolicyTREAT California, a citizen-driven ballot initiative to fund research and access for psychedelic medicines to treat mental health, is withdrawing from the signature-gathering process.
The Biggest Psychedelic News This Week: Oct 30th – Nov 3rd
Policy, ResearchWhile unprecedented positive results provide further proof of psilocybin's anti-depressive effects, other studies investigate the long-term adverse effects of challenging trips. Meanwhile, the DEA wants to increase the manufacturing of certain psychedelics yet again as more psychedelic dispensaries are getting raided in Canada.
Eureka Becomes The 6th City In California To Decriminalize Psychedelics
PolicyEureka, California Becomes The 5th City In California To Decriminalize Psychedelics
Why the California Governor Vetoed Psychedelic Decriminalization
PolicyAfter passing through the California Assembly and Senate, Governor Gavin Newsom refuses to sign psychedelic decriminalization bill into law.
The Biggest Psychedelic News This Week – October 2nd
Policy, ResearchPsychedelic news: PTSD treatments, Esketamine's efficacy, Eureka's decrim, and PsyCan's proposal. Stay informed on the latest updates.
California Governor Signs Bill Enabling Doctors to Prescribe Federally Rescheduled Psychedelics
PolicyIf and when the federal government reschedules psilocybin, MDMA or other illegal psychedelics—or if they're approved by the FDA for a medical exemption—California doctors are cleared to start prescribing them to patients.
Portland Maine Votes to Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms and Related Plant Medicines
Policy“Drug policy in the United States and the so-called “War on Drugs” has historically led to unnecessary penalization, arrest, and incarceration of vulnerable populations, particularly people of color and people of limited financial means,” it emphasizes.
The Biggest Psychedelic News This Week – September 25th
Policy, ResearchPsychedelic News: California's Bill 58 updates, SSRIs and DMT for depression, Maine's pivotal moments, and Brazil's opinions on psychedelics.