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Advocacy Groups Sound Alarm Over Ballot Measure, Offer Side-by-Side Comparison with Proposed Legislation

Massachusetts Advocacy Groups Sound Alarm Over Ballot Measure, Offer Side-by-Side Comparison with Proposed Legislation

Advocates have raised concerns about ballot measures filed in Massachusetts by a Washington-D.C. based super PAC, "New Approaches," that would create a strictly regulated framework for use. 
Berkeley Officially Decriminalizes Possession of Psilocybin Mushrooms

Berkeley Officially Decriminalizes Possession of Psilocybin Mushrooms and Ayahuasca

Now the city has moved to officially deprioritize arrests for possession and use of psilocybin and ayahuasca (see page 758), creating a new paradigm as dozens of cities across the United States move to recognize these naturally-occurring compounds' mental health potential. 
Salem, Massachusetts Ends Arrests for Psilocybin Mushrooms

Salem, Massachusetts Ends Arrests for Psilocybin Mushrooms

Salem just became the sixth Massachusetts city in the United States to end arrests for psilocybin mushrooms.
Republican Lawmaker Introduces Bills Related to the Legalization of Psychedelics and Natural Plant Medicines

Republican Lawmaker Introduces Bills Related to the Legalization of Psychedelics and Natural Plant Medicines

Three bills have been brought forward to legalize certain plants and fungi, facilitate the therapeutic use of psilocybin plus enable access to a prescription medicine containing MDMA.
Massachusetts Lawmaker Files a Law to Cap the Costs of MDMA Therapy

Massachusetts Lawmaker Files a Law to Cap the Costs of MDMA Therapy

Bay Staters for Natural Medicine, a grassroots community group with more than three thousand volunteers across New England, has worked with five city councils to pass measures decriminalizing psychedelic plants, including psilocybin mushrooms.