Local governments are considering rules that could force "psilocybin service centers" to locate near highways and go through expensive, discretionary permitting processes.
Proposition 122 is the broadest liberalization of psychedelic policy ever enacted in the United States.
Two more states legalized recreational marijuana on Tuesday, while decriminalization of five natural psychedelics looks like a winner in Colorado.
The ballot initiative also would authorize state-licensed "healing centers" where adults could obtain psychedelics for supervised use.
The results confirm that the ongoing collapse of marijuana prohibition has not boosted underage consumption.
The psychiatrist and Good Chemistry author has written the definitive account of "the science of connection from soul to psychedelics."
The millennial news site called them hypocrites, but Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf have a long history of advocating drug legalization.
The controversial Columbia neuroscientist, Air Force vet, and author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups believes deeply in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The maverick Columbia neuroscientist explains why America should embrace drug legalization for all.
The state's regulators plan to start accepting applications from manufacturers and "service centers" on January 2.
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The bill is the latest sign of strange new respect for drugs that were once routinely depicted as menaces to body and soul.
Though state laws in both places have not yet adapted, consumers of "entheogenic" plants and fungi are now less likely to be arrested and prosecuted in the two cities.
Voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative that makes "entheogenic plant" possession the city's "lowest law-enforcement priority."
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The resolution urges police to refrain from arresting people for noncommercial production and distribution as well as possession.
Oregon will license and regulate psilocybin-assisted therapy by 2023. Some health care professionals aren't willing to wait.
The evolution of Pollan's thinking reflects the confusion caused by arbitrary pharmacological distinctions.
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The Columbia neuroscientist talks frankly about using heroin responsibly and "chasing liberty in the land of fear."
"It's like taking a chemical helicopter ride above my life," says psychotherapist Charles Wininger. "Then I can come back down and rededicate myself to the way I want to be living."
A 71-year-old therapist comes out of the "chemical closet" to promote MDMA as a means of self-discovery
The reformed drug warrior opposes marijuana legalization and supports "mandatory rehabilitation" for people who violate the government’s pharmacological decrees.
Voters came out for legalizing marijuana, removing criminal penalties for psychedelic use, and treating drug addiction as a public health concern.
Ballot initiatives continue to reverse marijuana prohibition while making the treatment of other drugs less oppressive and more tolerant.
The ballot initiative allows adults to use the promising psychedelic at state-licensed "psilocybin service centers."
The ballot measure applies to noncommercial production, distribution, and possession of "entheogenic plants and fungi."
The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they're optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.
The Decriminalize Nature D.C. initiative has gathered enough signatures to land on the ballot this November.
For half a century, Grinspoon tirelessly advocated a more rational and tolerant approach to marijuana and other psychoactive substances.
Rick Doblin, a leading force in America's psychedelic renaissance, imagines a world of "mass mental health" facilitated by formerly demonized drugs.
New documentary features Sting, Sarah Silverman, Anthony Bourdain, Carrie Fisher, and others discussing the good, bad, and ugly of LSD.
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is making MDMA and other drugs medically legitimate and socially acceptable.
The long, strange, and unfinished trip of a sitcom-writing legend who turned right after the Cold War, co-founded a podcast empire, turned on to psychedelics, and got turned off to politics.
A ballot measure would create a regulatory framework for recreational sales.
The pioneering psychedelic researcher, Timothy Leary collaborator, and New Age seeker exemplified America's postwar turn to individualism.
Despite notable progress in policies regarding pot and psychedelics, the war on drugs always finds new targets.
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It would allow adults, age 21 and older, to visit official service centers on the recommendation of a medical professional
Nick Gillespie speaks with Viceland's Hamilton Morris about why he's so interested in drugs.
The Oakland City Council unanimously approved a city ordinance decriminalizing "entheogenic plants."
Decriminalize Denver campaign director Kevin Matthews speaks about his winning strategy and the new frontier of drug policy.
The approach Pollan prefers will not get us to the destination he says he wants to reach.
The case against prohibition cannot depend on persuading people that certain substances are benign and beneficial.
Majority support for legalizing marijuana does not mean most Americans believe people have a right to control what they put into their bodies.
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