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This Psilocybin Patent Could Be a Really Big Deal

Canna Law Blog

Assuming that is the case with psilocybin, the COMPASS effort should have no direct impact on decriminalized psilocybin in places like Oakland and Denver , or broader legalization efforts here in Oregon. It seems unlikely, even if microdosing continues to trend. Denver Decriminalizes Psilocybin.

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Indiana Nurse Could Face A Decade In Prison For Microdosing Psilocybin Mushrooms

Cannabis Law Report

For Jessica Thornton, who has lived with treatment-resistant depression since her senior year at high school, psychedelics represent a lifeline. Desperate to find any solution, she tried microdosing psilocybin mushrooms after researching the practice online. I felt as if I was in a constant battle with myself.

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Which States Are Voting on Psychedelics?

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Using psilocybin in small doses, or microdosing, has been shown to aid in the treatment of various mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psilocybin Policies Around the Nation Let’s explore where psilocybin is legal, decriminalized, and on the ballot across U.S.

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Research Shows Strong Support for Natural Therapeutics

Veriheal

He is said to have microdosed with LSD for the last 25 years of his life, passing away on April 29, 2008. In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize psychedelics in small amounts. When people think of psychedelics, they often think of LSD. 11, 1906, and lived a long life—some might say thanks to LSD.

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Oregon is Setting the Foundation for its Psilocybin Therapy Program

Veriheal

A psychedelic therapy program like Oregon’s could help provide relief to millions suffering from conditions that currently don’t have effective treatments. Albert Hoffman was said to have spent the last 25 years of his life microdosing LSD. Mr. Hoffman lived to be 102 years old, passing away in April of 2008.

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John Hopkins Opens World’s Largest Psilocybin Research Center

Cannabis Law Report

Upcoming studies will determine the effectiveness of psilocybin as a new therapy for opioid addiction, Alzheimer’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (formerly known as chronic Lyme disease), anorexia nervosa and alcohol use in people with major depression. Mushrooms as Medicine?

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Medical Marijuana vs. Recreational Marijuana

The Joint Blog

Recreational Marijuana : Microdosing psychedelics is nothing but cannabis or other psychedelic substances consumed without any medical advice or justification. With the advent of the 21st Century, many states took a softer approach toward the subject and voted to decriminalize the use of marijuana.