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Washington State County Decriminalizes Psychedelics, Gov. Calls For Special Session On Drug Policy
Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 2:01pm | 428All members of Washington’s Jefferson County Board of Commissioners voted to pass a resolution decriminalizing entheogenic substances after a hearing on May 1, per Peninsula, making it the latest U.S. jurisdiction to deprioritize enforcement of laws against psychedelics like psilocybin and...
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This South American Country Wants To Legalize Natural Psychedelics: What's Going On In Uruguay?
Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 8:55am | 633By Lucía Tedesco via El Planteo Uruguay’s National Party has filed a bill to legalize psychedelics. Led by Sen. Juan Sartori, the proposal seeks to provide access to these substances which have been proven to be an effective treatment for numerous mental health...
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Local Psychedelics Reform: Michigan City Passes Decriminalization Measure, Fourth In State So Far
Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 12:30pm | 467The Ferndale City Council has unanimously approved a resolution decriminalizing psychedelic plants and fungi, joining three other Michigan cities Detroit, Ann Arbor and Hazel Park’s similar reform policies. See also: Psyched: Hawaii And Minnesota's Bills, Studying 2C-B Vs. Psilocybin...
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Cube Psytech To Buy Psychedelics Company With Data On 200 Species Of Mushrooms
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 4:40pm | 415Canadian biopharma psychedelics company Cube Psytech Holdings agreed to acquire Translational Life Sciences (TLS). Cube will issue about 50% of its outstanding shares, warrants and options to shareholders, directors and employees of TLS in exchange for 100% of its outstanding share capital....
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Michigan Psychedelics: Measures For Statewide Legalization Advancing As Advocates Spread Awareness
Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 2:29pm | 470The Hazel Park city council, the third Michigan city to approve a psychedelics decriminalization bill, is now reaffirming that decision by declaring September 'Entheogenic Plant and Fungi Awareness Month' to raise awareness on these substances. The new resolution was...
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Atlanta Is Considering The Decriminalization Of Magic Mushrooms And Other Psychedelics
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - 8:34pm | 447The growing demand for better treatments for mental health conditions is taking the discussion to the public sphere often than not. With San Francisco’s final call to decriminalize psychedelics last week, it is now Atlanta’s turn. On September 12, the City Council Public...
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Detroit Decriminalizes Psychedelics, Reducing Them To 'Lowest Law-Enforcement Priority'
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 - 9:40am | 442Detroit is the latest to join the growing list of U.S. cities that have decriminalized psychedelic substances, according to preliminary voting results from Tuesday evening. The measure under which the Motor City would “decriminalize to the fullest extent permitted under Michigan law...