Psychedelic State(s) of America
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Psychedelic News, Culture, Commentary and more from across the U.S. and beyond
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"The group originally sued the Oregon Health Authority in 2024, to enable homebound disabled and dying Oregonians to access psilocybin under the state's Psilocybin Services Act."
"[T]he state sought for a second time to get their lawsuit thrown out."
#Oregon #USA #Drugs #Healthcare
"[T]he state sought for a second time to get their lawsuit thrown out."
#Oregon #USA #Drugs #Healthcare
Oregon Trying to Dodge Lawsuit on Dying Patients' Psilocybin Access
A legal battle between the state of Oregon and a group of psilocybin facilitators has escalated.
filtermag.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"The group originally sued the Oregon Health Authority in 2024, to enable homebound disabled and dying Oregonians to access psilocybin under the state's Psilocybin Services Act."
"[T]he state sought for a second time to get their lawsuit thrown out."
#Oregon #USA #Drugs #Healthcare
"[T]he state sought for a second time to get their lawsuit thrown out."
#Oregon #USA #Drugs #Healthcare
TODAY!
Tune in LIVE from 3:00-4:00 PM EST / 12:00-1:00 PM PST for the latest iteration of The Psychedelic State(s) of America Advocacy Spotlight Initiative… featuring some of the leadership team behind New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives!
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Tune in LIVE from 3:00-4:00 PM EST / 12:00-1:00 PM PST for the latest iteration of The Psychedelic State(s) of America Advocacy Spotlight Initiative… featuring some of the leadership team behind New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives!
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October 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
TODAY!
Tune in LIVE from 3:00-4:00 PM EST / 12:00-1:00 PM PST for the latest iteration of The Psychedelic State(s) of America Advocacy Spotlight Initiative… featuring some of the leadership team behind New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives!
www.youtube.com/live/li25tbR...
Tune in LIVE from 3:00-4:00 PM EST / 12:00-1:00 PM PST for the latest iteration of The Psychedelic State(s) of America Advocacy Spotlight Initiative… featuring some of the leadership team behind New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives!
www.youtube.com/live/li25tbR...
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“Panel moderator @dianemgoldstein.bsky.social, Executive Director of Law Enforcement for Action Partnership (LEAP), opened the discussion by commending the psychedelic advocacy community in Texas for its ability to foster bipartisan action”
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Psychedelic Policy at PS2025
Psychedelic Science 2025 featured presentations about state policy initiatives for psychedelic therapies, including the Texas Ibogaine Initiative, bipartisan support for psychedelic legal reform in Ne...
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July 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“Panel moderator @dianemgoldstein.bsky.social, Executive Director of Law Enforcement for Action Partnership (LEAP), opened the discussion by commending the psychedelic advocacy community in Texas for its ability to foster bipartisan action”
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My latest, via @filtermag.bsky.social:
"Delay can mean patients who might have obtained relief will die in unrelieved suffering.”
The lawsuit seeks access for disabled or dying Oregonians who can't attend psilocybin service centers. The state is again trying to get it dismissed, reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
The lawsuit seeks access for disabled or dying Oregonians who can't attend psilocybin service centers. The state is again trying to get it dismissed, reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
Oregon Trying to Dodge Lawsuit on Dying Patients’ Psilocybin Access
Plaintiffs say excluding disabled and homebound people from psilocybin services violates the ADA. OHA again seeks to get the case dismissed.
filtermag.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My latest, via @filtermag.bsky.social:
My latest, co-authored by Noah Daly — Co-Director of Psychedelic State(s) of America via Lucid News and The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
“How (Not) to Win a Campaign: Lessons from Question 4”
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“How (Not) to Win a Campaign: Lessons from Question 4”
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How (Not) To Win A Campaign: Lessons From Question 4
As new psychedelic reform bills and ballot initiatives sweep the nation, the failure of the Question 4 ballot initiative in Massachusetts last year offers an instructive case study.
www.lucid.news
October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My latest, co-authored by Noah Daly — Co-Director of Psychedelic State(s) of America via Lucid News and The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
“How (Not) to Win a Campaign: Lessons from Question 4”
www.lucid.news/how-not-to-w...
“How (Not) to Win a Campaign: Lessons from Question 4”
www.lucid.news/how-not-to-w...
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"A document viewed by Filter indicates that the Department of Justice will formally request an extension of a court-ordered 'stay' on marijuana rescheduling proceedings until at least January 27, 2026," reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social, as a lawsuit continues:
DOJ Seeks to Extend Stay on Cannabis Rescheduling to January 2026
The proposal, amid an ongoing lawsuit, would push back the timeline for this stalled process far longer than Trump suggested.
filtermag.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"A document viewed by Filter indicates that the Department of Justice will formally request an extension of a court-ordered 'stay' on marijuana rescheduling proceedings until at least January 27, 2026," reports @jackgorsline.bsky.social, as a lawsuit continues:
Welp, it looks like we have our first psychedelic-related arrest here in MA following Q4’s failure, which would have prevented at least some of the pending charges here.
The worst part? Both of the suspects/drug war victims in question are only 18 years old.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
The worst part? Both of the suspects/drug war victims in question are only 18 years old.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
2 teens arrested in large drug bust at two separate homes in Massachusetts town, police say
Two 18-year-old teens are facing charges after police raided a Grafton home on Thursday, police said.
www.boston25news.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Welp, it looks like we have our first psychedelic-related arrest here in MA following Q4’s failure, which would have prevented at least some of the pending charges here.
The worst part? Both of the suspects/drug war victims in question are only 18 years old.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
The worst part? Both of the suspects/drug war victims in question are only 18 years old.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/2...
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Minnesota's state-appointed task force backs psilocybin decrim & legal therapeutic use, plus MDMA & LSD research.
How will lawmakers respond? "I hope a bill could be a unifying issue that helps give people hope for healing,” the task force chair tells @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
How will lawmakers respond? "I hope a bill could be a unifying issue that helps give people hope for healing,” the task force chair tells @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
Minnesota Task Force Backs Psilocybin Decrim, Legal Therapeutic Use
Minnesota’s Psychedelic Medicine Task Force has released a long-awaited legislative report. It recommends that the state move toward decriminalizing psilocybin ...
filtermag.org
January 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Minnesota's state-appointed task force backs psilocybin decrim & legal therapeutic use, plus MDMA & LSD research.
How will lawmakers respond? "I hope a bill could be a unifying issue that helps give people hope for healing,” the task force chair tells @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
How will lawmakers respond? "I hope a bill could be a unifying issue that helps give people hope for healing,” the task force chair tells @jackgorsline.bsky.social:
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This is why psychedelics won’t ever make it as they are in the field.
They are not profitable if you can give something once every 6 months, or just once, period.
We need to be fighting to change our healthcare system, our drug policy, our regulatory agencies.
They are not profitable if you can give something once every 6 months, or just once, period.
We need to be fighting to change our healthcare system, our drug policy, our regulatory agencies.
Goldman Sachs analysts : The money men saying the quiet part out loud
Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies.
Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Curing patients may not be a sufficiently profitable enterprise for biotech companies.
Chronic disease is a far more beneficial business model
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
www.cnbc.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This is why psychedelics won’t ever make it as they are in the field.
They are not profitable if you can give something once every 6 months, or just once, period.
We need to be fighting to change our healthcare system, our drug policy, our regulatory agencies.
They are not profitable if you can give something once every 6 months, or just once, period.
We need to be fighting to change our healthcare system, our drug policy, our regulatory agencies.
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This is not us... If you could not tell by the posts.
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December 18, 2024 at 9:00 PM
This is not us... If you could not tell by the posts.
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Tomorrow night, tune into @psychedelicstoday.bsky.social LIVE at 8 PM on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and/or LinkedIn for an engaging and exclusive discussion on what really went wrong for the Question 4 Campaign on Election Day.
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December 15, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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I tried to outline a simple truth as clearly as possible: for-profit healthcare doesn't work, and can't work, and nearly all of America is in agreement on this.
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Profit not care: Journalist on how the healthcare industry sees 'efficiency'
YouTube video by MSNBC
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December 13, 2024 at 2:28 PM
I tried to outline a simple truth as clearly as possible: for-profit healthcare doesn't work, and can't work, and nearly all of America is in agreement on this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDNx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDNx...
My latest, via @filtermag.bsky.social !!
Honored to be able to expand my coverage back to my home state — I grew up less than an hour from Louisa County and hope to interview Dawn Morris in person before she’s sentenced in February.
Honored to be able to expand my coverage back to my home state — I grew up less than an hour from Louisa County and hope to interview Dawn Morris in person before she’s sentenced in February.
“No one should be facing dying in prison for a smaller-scale operation than what many multi-state corporations are doing on a daily basis.”
Outrage at a potential sentence of 160 years in a state where cannabis possession is legal.
@jackgorsline.bsky.social reports:
Outrage at a potential sentence of 160 years in a state where cannabis possession is legal.
@jackgorsline.bsky.social reports:
VA Woman Could Face Lifetime in Prison for Mushroom, Cannabis Sales
A woman in Louisa County, Virginia, faces a sentence of up to 160 years in prison after her conviction for ...
filtermag.org
December 10, 2024 at 11:56 PM
My latest, via @filtermag.bsky.social !!
Honored to be able to expand my coverage back to my home state — I grew up less than an hour from Louisa County and hope to interview Dawn Morris in person before she’s sentenced in February.
Honored to be able to expand my coverage back to my home state — I grew up less than an hour from Louisa County and hope to interview Dawn Morris in person before she’s sentenced in February.
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“My son can only get that type of clemency relief by the president taking the pen.”
At the US Capitol, advocates, impacted people and Democratic lawmakers urged Biden to expand cannabis clemency before Jan. 20.
@jackgorsline.bsky.social reports:
At the US Capitol, advocates, impacted people and Democratic lawmakers urged Biden to expand cannabis clemency before Jan. 20.
@jackgorsline.bsky.social reports:
Advocates, Lawmakers Urge Biden to Expand Cannabis Clemency Now
On November 20, advocates, formerly incarcerated people, their families and congressmembers gathered at the United States Capitol, urging President Joe ...
filtermag.org
November 21, 2024 at 4:37 PM
“My son can only get that type of clemency relief by the president taking the pen.”
At the US Capitol, advocates, impacted people and Democratic lawmakers urged Biden to expand cannabis clemency before Jan. 20.
@jackgorsline.bsky.social reports:
At the US Capitol, advocates, impacted people and Democratic lawmakers urged Biden to expand cannabis clemency before Jan. 20.
@jackgorsline.bsky.social reports:
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Dispatch From the DEA: DOI and DOC on Trial As Scientists Challenge Psychedelic Scheduling Bid
Here, @jackgorsline.bsky.social and I provide the latest from hearings over DEA’s plan to place these two psychedelics in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...
Here, @jackgorsline.bsky.social and I provide the latest from hearings over DEA’s plan to place these two psychedelics in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...
Dispatch From the DEA: DOI and DOC on Trial As Scientists Challenge Psychedelic Scheduling Bid - Psychedelic Alpha
In a quiet courtroom housed on the second floor of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) Museum and Visitors Center in Arlington, Virginia, a legal battle is unfolding over the status of two key…
psychedelicalpha.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Dispatch From the DEA: DOI and DOC on Trial As Scientists Challenge Psychedelic Scheduling Bid
Here, @jackgorsline.bsky.social and I provide the latest from hearings over DEA’s plan to place these two psychedelics in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...
Here, @jackgorsline.bsky.social and I provide the latest from hearings over DEA’s plan to place these two psychedelics in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
psychedelicalpha.com/news/dispatc...