The American Medical Association, aka the AMA, has recently implemented new standards to assign specific codes to psychedelic therapies. This move coincides with the Food and Drug Administration’s (otherwise known as the...
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a 34-year-old nonprofit research and educational organization “that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful...
As Arizona lawmakers push for increased psilocybin research, some are looking to take things a step further by joining the ranks of other states that have ushered in legal psilocybin therapy.
A group of nine bipartisan lawmakers...
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Chacruna Institute’s Resources
As the use of psychedelics continues to thrive in the mainstream, we continue to see the voices of Indigenous communities, who have used these...
The House Rules Committee recently cleared two cannabis and psychedelic-related amendments on Sept. 23 to be discussed on the floor. Days later on Sept. 27, the House approved the two amendments—Amendment No. 48 and Amendment...
An Ancient Egyptian vase with a face resembling the deity Bes was found with traces of a mixture containing several psychedelic compounds.
A recent preprint of a study intended for peer review, scientists discovered direct...
The Missouri House Veterans Committee recently passed a medical psilocybin bill that would legalize psilocybin therapy for veterans and also grant funds for research on further therapeutic benefits.
Currently the House bill...
While we know that cannabis is psychoactive and psychotropic, affecting the mind and perception of users, could it be psychedelic? All drugs are psychoactive, but not all psychoactive drugs are psychedelic. And in the midst...
On November 10, 2023, Cybin Inc., a leading biotech company specializing in clinical-stage psychedelics, announced the launch of a unique underwritten offering. This offering consists of 66.66 million units and is available...
LSD and psilocybin are known for their capacity to enhance the complexity or “diversity” of brain activity. But does THC work in the same way?
Contrary to LSD and what are traditionally termed “classic psychedelics,”...
Kimberly Chew, Natasha Sumner
Husch Blackwell LLP
Amid the growing interest in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, especially with substances like MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine, it becomes imperative to navigate the intricate...
Source:
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fda-issues-draft-guidance-for-clinical-3799847/
[co-author: Ryan Graham]*
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued first-of-its kind draft guidance for investigational...
Psilocybin treatment centers in Oregon have administered magic mushrooms to over 700 people in 2023, the inaugural year of the program.
Numbers reported by the Seattle Times who cited the Healing Advocacy Fund, a non-profit...
Pharmaceutical researchers in the United Kingdom are using the artificial intelligence tool AlphaFold to develop new psychedelic drugs, according to research released last month.
The research, which has not yet been peer-reviewed,...
The use of psychedelics as a treatment for serious mental health conditions continues to gain traction as multiple studies focus on the psychological symptoms commonly experienced by cancer patients. In one study, researchers...
Climate change is leading to an increase in anxiety disorders called eco-anxiety and climate grief.
But psychedelics could help, The Washington Post reports.
Eco-anxiety is characterized by chronic worry about the future...
Harvard will soon implement a new program of study dedicated to the use of psychedelics and how they impact various facets of the modern day, thanks to an eight-figure grant from a former Tesla employee.
According to a news...
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the draft guidance “Psychedelic Drugs: Considerations for Clinical Investigations,” which outlines the foundational constructs for investigating the therapeutic...
Though the use of cannabis for medicinal use is still considered illegal by the U.S. federal laws, a significant beneficiary of the marijuana industry is the healthcare sector. With more companies moving from marijuana cultivation...
PsyCan — the not-for-profit trade association of legally-operating Canadian psychedelic companies — is pleased to share its 2023 White Paper on the future of psychedelic access in Canada: Beyond the Special Access...
Kimberly Chew, Karen Luong, Natasha Sumner
Husch Blackwell LLP
On December 12, 2023, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Public Benefit Corporation (“MAPS PBC”) announced it has submitted a new...
California recently failed at least twice in passing sweeping statewide psychedelic decriminalization bills: a) SB-58, which Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed last year, and b) SB-519, which didn’t garner enough support...
This July in Bend, Oregon, Josh Goldstein facilitated one of the first magic mushroom sessions under the state’s new regulatory framework for people to access their active ingredient – psilocybin.
Mr Goldstein’s...
This week at Psychedelic Science 2023, PBA will present Part 2 of the Law & Ethics series, Opening Our Toolbox for Ethical IP. If you are unable to join us in person, don’t worry, this discussion will be recorded and...
Eureka, CA, has passed a resolution decriminalizing entheogens and psychedelic plant medicines, making it the sixth California city to do so and the second such city in Humboldt County.
The Eureka City Council unanimously...
Marijuana Moment reports
The governor of Colorado has officially signed a bill to create a regulatory framework for legal psychedelics under a voter-approved initiative.
About three weeks after the legislature passed the...
We told you it may be coming, though we were admittedly cynical about the ability to pass a bill funding psychedelic research given the current political landscape — a narrowly controlled Democratic Senate that is generally...
In what could be a pioneering move for addiction treatment, Bryan Hubbard, a Kentucky lawyer, has spotlighted the plight of middle-aged women from low-income backgrounds in the Appalachian mountains. These women, he observed,...
A new study by researchers at Imperial College London has found that stressful environments and other risk factors were associated with negative experiences with psychedelics, reaffirming the notion that set and setting play...
The philanthropic group led by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and his wife, Alexandra, is donating millions of dollars toward the advancement of research into psychedelic drugs.
The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation...
BY CHRIS GIRARD ● OCTOBER 26, 2023
Source: https://cultivalaw.com/more-psychedelic-laws-change-in-california/
Despite the many widespread issues that the Golden State is currently facing, California has always been a...