Psychedelics Legalization

This article by James Hallifax was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission. A few days ago, we received monumental psychedelic news out of Australia. There, regulators decided to allow psilocybin-assisted therapy to treat depression, and MDMA-assisted therapy to...

Hawaii To Create A Psilocybin Working Group For Therapeutic Use Out of the six psychedelic regulations filed in the state during 2023, SB 1454 is the only one that's approved for the time being. The new measure calls for the creation of the Therapeutic Psilocybin Working Group, which would...

As of July 1, psilocybin and MDMA (and related substances to both) can now be prescribed by authorized psychiatrists in Australia, which has become the fourth government agency to enact a compassionate use program for psychedelic-assisted therapies to treat mental health conditions joining Israel,...

(Part two of a three-part series) Previous story in the series: Fox Rothschild Cannabis Attorney Analyzes Psychedelics Regs And Changing Public Perceptions Part one discussed the growth and specificity of psilocybin therapy as it becomes legalized in states, the potential parallels with...

Australian Health Authority To Allow Psilocybin And MDMA-Assisted Therapy For Depression, PTSD Beginning on July 1, 2023, medicines containing psilocybin and MDMA can be prescribed by specifically authorized psychiatrists to treat certain mental health conditions, such as ...

(Part one of a three-part series) Psychedelics as a field has seen a great deal of progress over the past several months, ranging from positive results in clinical trials such as MAPS’ MDMA trial for PTSD and COMPASS (NASDAQ: CMPS)’ psilocybin trial for Treatment-...

The psychedelics reform movement is spanning wide across the US, offering a real spectacle at the states’ 2023 legislative sessions. After the first bills were filed in New York, Illinois, Virginia, Washington State, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Arizona followed proposals in Missouri...

This story was originally published in El Planteo and appears here with permission. A Mexican senator will present a new bill to legalize psychedelics and provide access to alternative therapy for mental health disorders.  Green Ecologist Party’s Alejandra Lagunes...

Following the state’s new psychedelics law, Colorado governor Jared Polis (D) has appointed 15 members to serve on the Natural Medicine Advisory Board, created to ensure psychedelics research occurs as well as to provide policy recommendations on the measure’s provisions.  See...

Three More State-Level Psychedelic Bills In The Works: MO, MA And NY An increasing number of state lawmakers are aiming to introduce psychedelic legalization bills to their respective House of Representatives and Senates. Let’s take a look at some of the latest proposals. After advising on...

Not all is bad news for psychedelics in Virginia. After House lawmakers stalled a bill for the medical use of psilocybin in severe mental health cases, an education and health subcommittee approved another bill calling for the state-level rescheduling of psilocybin and...

This article was originally published on Cannabis.net and appears here with permission. Early in December, news about a shop in Portland made waves on the internet because they were openly selling magic mushrooms. Customers came in droves, waiting for hours in line to enter Shroom House...

An increasing number of state lawmakers are aiming to introduce psychedelic legalization bills to their respective House of Representatives and Senates. Let’s take a look at some of the latest proposals. Missouri Bill: Psilocybin Therapy For Qualifying Patients After advising on his...

Legalizing Psychedelics From New York To Washington And Five In Between: Which State Will Go First? Legislators in seven U.S. states are introducing psychedelics bills as they seek to emulate measures that have been approved in Oregon and Colorado.  From state-regulated psychedelic therapy...

After a positive start of Virginia's 2023 state congressional session, one of the two projects seeking to legalize psychedelics in Virginia received a negative vote from a key House panel on Wednesday, January 18. Introduced on Jan. 4 by Del. Dawn Adams (D) to the Virginia General...