In Cusker v. OHA, a U.S. District Court ruled against the Oregon Health Authority, which attempted to have the psychedelic suit dismissed| www.psychedelicweek.com
The Church of Gaia reports receiving the first religious exemption to the Controlled Substances Act from DEA without a lawsuit| www.psychedelicweek.com
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has substantial power to block or constrain DEA proposals to schedule drugs, including psychedelics| Psychedelic Week
Psychedelic churches and spirituality grow with delay of FDA-approved MDMA & psilocybin and limits of Oregon and Colorado regulation| Psychedelic Week
The 2024 ballot initiative aimed to legalize supervised psilocybin use and decriminalize home cultivation, possession, and sharing of mushrooms, iboga, ayahuasca, and mescaline| Psychedelic Week
Speakers from Massachusetts, Oregon, and Colorado discuss Question 4, which could decriminalize psilocybin, ibogaine, mescaline, and DMT, and regulate their supervised use.| Psychedelic Week
Join Psychedelic Week for a balanced discussion of Question 4, which could decriminalize psilocybin, ibogaine, mescaline, and DMT, and regulate their supervised use.| Psychedelic Week
Psychopharmacology retracted three papers by Lykos (MAPS PBC) researchers, including a meta-analysis of MDMA trials, a long-term follow up study, and a study on discontinuing SSRIs| Psychedelic Week
Petrie-Flom Center psychedelic bootcamp and annual conference on law and policy of psychedelic medicine, JAMA Viewpoint on FDA advisory committee meeting, Lykos, and MDMA-AT| Psychedelic Week
DORA's tribal & Indigenous workgroup, mandated a year ago by Senate Bill 290 and recently appointed without fanfare, will meet Wednesday to discuss Colorado's natural medicine program| Psychedelic Week
A legislative committee will analyze all 2024 Massachusetts ballot questions, including New Approach's psychedelic initiative. Cannabis critic Senator Jason Lewis joins committee| Psychedelic Week
Connecticut for Accessible Psychedelic Medicine will host a forum with experts and lawmakers on January 10, online and in person at state capital in Hartford| Psychedelic Week
Newsie, a customized version of ChatGPT, summarizes the week's psychedelic news and answers your questions| Psychedelic Week
Oregon Psilocybin Services asks for feedback on rules to implement psychedelic data collection bill, SB 303, supported by Senator Steiner and the Healing Advocacy Fund| Psychedelic Week
Sources say New Approach-backed campaign may be scrambling to collect new signatures after alleged error involving first 75,000 collected| Psychedelic Week
Under Oregon law, psilocybin providers cannot diagnose or treat health conditions, make medical claims, operate within healthcare facilities, or exercise the privileges of licensed health professions| www.psychedelicweek.com
Medford follows Provincetown to become eighth Massachusetts city to decriminalize psychedelics. City Councilors seek state lawmaker substitution of ballot initiative from New Approach PAC| www.psychedelicweek.com
Senator Scott Wiener unveils therapeutic psychedelic bill in response to Governor Newsom's veto of 2023 decriminalization bill. SB 1012 could regulate medical use of five psychedelic drugs| www.psychedelicweek.com
A 2024 ballot initiative could create a new state agency in Massachusetts, the Natural Psychedelic Substances Commission. What would the agency do and how much will it cost?| www.psychedelicweek.com
Bay Staters for Natural Medicine squares off against New Approach PAC, urging Massachusetts lawmakers to replace a 2024 psychedelic ballot initiative funded by the PAC| www.psychedelicweek.com
Provincetown Select Board deprioritizes enforcement of psychedelics-related criminal penalties and asks Massachusetts legislature to replace a ballot initiative proposed by the New Approach PAC| www.psychedelicweek.com
Bay Staters for Natural Medicine and New England Veterans for Plant Medicine join Portland, Maine advocates to decriminalize psychedelics through City Council| www.psychedelicweek.com
On Monday, Bay Staters for Natural Medicine, New England Veterans for Plant Medicine, and Parents for Plant Medicine responded to New Approach PAC's "Massachusetts for Mental Health Options" campaign| www.psychedelicweek.com
On July 3, Boston political strategists launched a ballot campaign called Massachusetts for Mental Health Options to legalize the therapeutic use of psychedelics. Local activists were not informed.| www.psychedelicweek.com
New Approach PAC announced it will collect signatures only on Version A of its Massachusetts ballot initiative, which removes criminal penalties for home cultivation of psychedelic plants and fungi| www.psychedelicweek.com
Massachusetts Attorney General certifies two non-medical psychedelic ballot initiatives for signature collection. One decriminalizes home cultivation. The other does not.| www.psychedelicweek.com