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Colorado's New Psychedelics Regulations: Co-Author Of The Bill Replies To Concerns
Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 2:10pm | 981Part two of a three-part series. See previous story: Millennials Tipped The Scales In Colorado Voting, And Psychedelics Laws Are In Their Crosshairs Colorado's approval of a measure decriminalizing the use, possession, gifting and cultivating of natural entheogenic plants...
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Millennials Tipped The Scales In Colorado Voting, And Psychedelics Laws Are In Their Crosshairs
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 3:04pm | 580(Part one of a three-part series) Colorado became the second US state to decriminalize psychedelics via an initiative that legalized psilocybin use at regulated centers under licensed facilitators’ supervision. The initiative also decriminalizes personal use, growing and...
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California: Local Psychedelics Decriminalization Proposal Moves To City Council's Desk
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 7:02pm | 281The Berkeley Community Health Commission (CHC) has unanimously decided to move a recently rewritten local psychedelics decriminalization project to the city council for consideration. While other changes were introduced during the CHC meeting, the originally presented resolution...
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Psychedelics Decriminalization Project In Berkeley, Cal Includes Synthetic Substances
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 1:55pm | 541The Berkeley City Council will soon consider a psychedelics decriminalization project that includes not only natural entheogenic substances but also the synthetic hallucinogen LSD, reported Berkeleyside. According to Berkeley community health commissioners Joseph Holcomb Adams and Karma Smart, the...
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Is Illinois Next Up To Decriminalize Psychedelics? Lawmaker Introduces New Bill
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - 11:21am | 533The psychedelics reform wave has arrived in Illinois, specifically Evanston where councilmember Devon Reid intends to advance a local decriminalization measure in an upcoming December 2022 committee meeting, reported Marijuana Moment. Reid’s bill recycles...
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Psychedelic Decriminalization Vs Legalization: What's The Difference?
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 10:27am | 994This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. Psychedelic decriminalization has long been the goal of many activists, but it is a long way from true legalization. What's the difference? As our society moves deeper into the Psychedelic...
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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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The Road To Psychedelics Legalization
Sunday, March 6, 2022 - 1:11pm | 1569This article by Matthew X. Lowe was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. Matthew X. Lowe, Ph.D., is the Research Director of non-profit Unlimited Sciences, which is creating the largest collection of real-world data on psychedelic use to more quickly...
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Promising Psychedelic Therapy Legislation Set To Make Waves In 2022
Sunday, January 23, 2022 - 12:31pm | 1189This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. California's not alone. Florida, Michigan, New York, and more U.S. states may pass psychedelic therapy or decriminalization legislation in 2022, while Canada kicked off the year with more access....