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MAPS Is Pushing For FDA Approval Of MDMA-Assisted Therapy

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MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), an arm of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies , has made big strides recently encouraging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider approving MDMA, also known as molly or ecstasy, for MDMA-assisted therapy.

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Washington Bill Could Legalize Psilocybin Therapy For Veterans And First Responders

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Washington State continues to be a forward-thinker when it comes to the decriminalization and legalization of psychedelics. It gives nonprofit healthcare providers a lot of freedom when assisting veterans and first responders, which includes firefighters, law enforcement officers, coroners, and emergency medical practitioners.

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CT’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Bill, NBA Embraces Cannabis, and MO’s Cannabis Boom

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Connecticut is weighing mushroom decriminalization, the NBA ended its cannabis testing protocol, and Missouri’s job market is booming thanks to cannabis. Last week, a legislative committee in Connecticut passed a bill to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of psilocybin mushrooms.

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Denver may ease magic mushrooms laws further two years after decriminalization

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Data from the Denver District Attorney’s office shows only 47 cases related to psychedelic mushrooms since May 2019 decriminalization. The panel that includes District Attorney Beth McCann, law enforcement officers and psilocybin advocate Kevin Matthews was formed after 2019, when Denver voters were the first in the U.S.

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DMT Therapy: Coming to a Clinic Near You?

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is expanding rapidly as numerous neuropharmaceutical companies look to be among the first-to-market potentially revolutionary therapies. In September, the Nikean Foundation announced a $5 million gift to create a psychedelic therapy research center at the University of Toronto. BREAKING: City of Seattle Decriminalizes Psychedelics.

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Oregon is Setting the Foundation for its Psilocybin Therapy Program

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The first legal psilocybin therapy program to take shape in America is slowly progressing in Oregon. Kate Brown conducts regularly scheduled monthly meetings with a goal of shaping the nation’s first Psilocybin therapy program. Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Program: Advisory Board Hard at Work. ” . .”

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The Effort to Decriminalize Psilocybin in California is Underway

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Psilocybin has been in the news with increasing frequency as research into psychedelic therapy has proliferated, and a number of local jurisdictions, including the cities of Oakland, Denver , and Santa Cruz have decriminalized psilocybin to varying degrees. Denver and Oakland have decriminalized Magic Mushrooms.