Psychedelics decriminalization

Army combat vet CJ LoConte credits psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” with transforming his life. Once hospitalized for suicidal ideation after battling mental health issues, LoConte says psychedelics saved him by offering an alternative when traditional therapies...

While federal reform on psychedelic substances advances and FDA approval of MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder seems imminent, local resolutions are moving at a faster pace in certain states like Michigan or Massachusetts, where an eighth city recently adopted...

Psychedelic Therapy Centers Could Be Coming To California Soon A new bipartisan legislative push in California seeks to legalize psychedelic service centers that would provide those 21 and older with access to psilocybin, MDMA, mescaline and DMT. Trained facilitators would be present within these...

Ypsilanti became the fifth city in Michigan this week to pass a local resolution deprioritizing law enforcement psychedelic substances. It now joins Michigan municipal governments in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Ferndale and Hazel Park with similar reforms enacted. The City Council held a...

Several days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have decriminalized several natural psychedelics in the state, Eureka’s City Council announced its adoption of a resolution effectively deprioritizing state law enforcement for adult personal use, cultivation...

The City Council in Portland, Maine recently voted 6-3 in favor of a resolution deprioritizing local law enforcement for possession, use, cultivation for personal use or sharing psychedelic plants and fungi, placing controlled substances consumption as a public health matter. See Also:...

In a baldly unilateral move, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) has delivered on his promise and signed an executive order effectively de-prioritizing criminal prosecution for possession, use, purchase, cultivation and engaging in practices with “entheogenic plants or plant compounds”...

Along with a growing scientific corpus supporting the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, several states and most noticeably Massachusetts are seeing the decriminalization of natural substances via local measures.  In reply to what is known to date of psilocybin mushrooms...

The Salem City Council unanimously passed a measure decriminalizing adult use of psilocybin mushrooms on Thursday, May 11.  Sponsored by Ward 7 Councilor Andy Varela and endorsed by Bay Staters for Natural Medicine, pharmacologist Miyabe Shields and Police Chief Lucas Miller...

The 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...

Missouri Rep. Tony Lovasco (R) recently came through on his announced plan of filing a psychedelics bill with a revised measure that calls for legal psilocybin therapy for serious mental health cases, as first noted by Marijuana Moment. The new house bill HB 869 would allow for psilocybin use...

Results from Colorado’s decision to decriminalize psilocybin and other “natural medicines” in November’s elections officially took effect Tuesday, Dec. 27 with the certification of Prop. 122 by Gov. Jared Polis. Benzinga got some exclusive insights into what the new...

Ayahuasca Pill Is Officially Here, Filament CEO Discusses Future Plans The first medical-grade drug candidate of the psychedelic ayahuasca is being developed. Currently, in the form of a pill, the compound was conceived by Vancouver, BC-based natural drug development company Filament Health (OTC:...

A new analysis published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) holds that the majority of states will legalize psychedelics by 2034 to 2037.  Led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, the study draws on a compilation and analysis of psychedelics legislation...

Part three of three-part series.  See previous stories:  Colorado's New Psychedelics Regulations: Co-Author Of The Bill Replies To Concerns Millennials Tipped The Scales In Colorado Voting, And Psychedelics Laws Are In Their Crosshairs Expert lawyer and Prop.122’s drafter and co...