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6 Countries Where Psychedelics Are Legal (Updated 2023)
Culture, PolicyPeople around the world are learning about the mental health benefits of psychedelics. Here are 5 countries where psychedelics are legal.
Psychedelic Business Spotlight – May 27
Business, Stock ReportsThis week in psychedelic business news: New patents; another Health Canada SAP Approval; and legal psilocybin rules for Oregon.
Oregon Adopts First Set of Rules for Legal Psilocybin
PolicyOregon Health Authority did not budge on three rules that the public took issue with.
Interview with Sam Chapman, Executive Director of the Healing Advocacy Fund
PodcastsThis week on the Psychedelic Spotlight podcast, we talk with Sam Chapman. Sam is a resident of Portland, Oregon, he was the Campaign Manager for Oregon Measure 109, and is now the Executive Director of the Healing Advocacy Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the nation’s first regulated psilocybin therapy program.
Oregon Psilocybin Rules ‘May Have a Negative Impact on Lower Income Individuals’
PolicyThe State acknowledges proposed psilocybin services rules will incur costs that "could ultimately be passed onto clients."
The Biggest Reason People in Oregon Want to Use Psilocybin
CultureSpoiler alert: It's not because they're depressed.
When Will Psilocybin Be Available in Oregon and What’s the Hold-Up?
PolicyThe Oregon Health Authority has until December 31, 2022, to finalize the framework, paving the way for licensure in early 2023.
Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board Proposes Legalizing Just One Species of Psychedelic Fungi
Policy"These fungi pose less potential safety risks to consumers," says Psilocybin Advisory Board mycologist Jessie Uehling.
Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board Finds the Psychedelic Reduces Depression and Anxiety
ResearchThe subcommittee’s review is the largest of its kind to be conducted in the state, which legalized psilocybin for therapeutic and medicinal purposes last November.
Oregon Announces Creation of the Psilocybin Advisory Board
PolicyThe first state to legalize therapeutic use of psilocybin, Oregon now has an advisory board to help build its regulations.