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Massachusetts Advocates Aim to Substitute Psychedelic Ballot Measure, Expose Voter Manipulation by D.C. PAC

Massachusetts Advocates Aim to Substitute Psychedelic Ballot Measure, Expose Voter Manipulation by D.C. PAC

“The PAC behind this ballot question rigged the rules for psychedelic services in Oregon, where people are now charged around $3,500 for a gram of psilocybin mushrooms that normally costs $10. We will not let this entity corner life-saving treatments in our Commonwealth,” remarked James Davis, Bay Staters for Natural Medicine Cofounder and a former staffer for the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy.
Massachusetts Governor Proposes Bill to Study Psychedelic Treatments for Vets, Advocates Call for Legalization

Massachusetts Governor Proposes Bill to Study Psychedelic Treatments for Vets, Advocates Call for Legalization

Massachusetts advocacy groups have indeed been sounding the alarm about a potential ballot question that would create an unelected five-person control commission to write rules for facilitation services by the year 2028.
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. 
Massachusetts Doctors, Parents, and Law Enforcement Present to Massachusetts Legislature on Critical Need to Decriminalize Natural PsychedelicsPhoto Courtesy of Bay Staters for Natural Medicine

Massachusetts Doctors, Parents, and Law Enforcement Present to Massachusetts Legislature on Critical Need to Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics

Massachusetts State House Event Brings Together 60 Officials.
Hearing Scheduled in Massachusetts for Bills to Legalize Certain Psychedelic Plant Medicines

Hearing Scheduled in Massachusetts for Bills to Legalize Certain Psychedelic Plant Medicines

Massachusetts Republican lawmaker and Bay Staters for Natural Medicine put out a call to action.
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.
The Biggest Psychedelic Legislation News Stories This Week - April 7

The Biggest Psychedelic Legislation News Stories This Week – April 7

This week, there were mixed results in the push to legalize psychedelic substances. States across the US are rapidly pushing ahead while some bills are getting a push back.
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.
Biggest Psychedelic News - March 31

The Biggest Psychedelic News Stories This Week – March 31

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Welcome to this week's roundup of noteworthy news regarding psychedelics. This edition features a variety of topics, such as Field Trip downsizing, a congressional committee approving a bill aimed at streamlining research into marijuana and…
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.