Edelic Center for Ethnobotanical Services

"Our essential mission is promoting global awareness of, and local acceptability of plant-oriented ethnobotanical psychedelics," says James Joseph, Director and one of ECfES' founders. bendsource.com/bend/psych-tr…

FL; would... illegal “to transport, import, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or give away spores or mycelium capable of producing mushrooms or other material which will contain a controlled substance, including psilocybin or psilocyn, during its lifecycle.” edelic.org/4B1T

Doctors for Drug Policy Reform; decriminalizing use/possession of psychedelics... adults “provides a viable path to reducing mass incarceration, addressing systemic inequities, supporting public health & lays... foundation for rational drug policy reform.” edelic.org/4B1S

Federal judge orders local official to return a religious group's psychedelic sacrament; legally produced in Oregon; “before... transportation to Singularism’s spiritual center [in UT]” ...decisions like this; a partial victory for pharmacological freedom. edelic.org/4B1N

...establishing legal churches centered around the use of... such substances, particularly as states like OR & CO have legalized forms of psychedelic-assisted therapy… does not follow a rigid set of prescribed beliefs... encourages adherents to explore... edelic.org//4B1R

CO law does not allow retail sales of psilocybin... allows adults 21 and older to grow, use, and share psychedelic mushrooms for personal use... hopes the same federal hands-off approach to marijuana will be taken for psilocybin in Oregon and Colorado. edelic.org/4B1P

On [3/13/25], organizers announced the second annual event, which was scheduled for June 15, has been cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances and some bad luck.” Co-founder Jonathan Cherkoss suggested the festival may not return in future years either. edelic.org/4B1M

Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday [3/12/25] announced that he has withdrawn an Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission audit associated with the scandal that ended a predecessor’s political career... Shemia Fagan resigned in disgrace... La Mota... edelic.org/4B1L

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W/O efforts of this “small band of anticapitalist activists,” NYT authors argue, Lykos Therapeutics’... MDMA-AT may have... first psychedelic therapy to get fed. approval... largely divorced from the events as I witnessed them, misleading in crucial ways… edelic.org/4B1I

While large-scale studies are lacking, Mothers of the Mushroom gathered data points concerning mothers who ingested psilocybin during pregnancy and breastfeeding; offers insight from over 400 women who have used psilocybin while pregnant or breastfeeding… edelic.org/4B1J

Several members; 18-person Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Board… stressed that while they support harm reduction programs; didn’t want to divert all of... state’s funding from other vital programs such as drug tx & addiction prevention edelic.org/4B1H

Denver business; that could mean retreat centers, yoga studios or social clubs could offer the treatments… a coffee shop serving drinks with non-psychedelic “functional” mushrooms, [&] lounge... so people can take microdoses and indulge their creativity. edelic.org/4B1F

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Feb. 2025 Newsletter ☁️"Psychedelics Exist : Entheogens Persist"☁️ -Inside... psychedelic -Shrooms on Main -Ballot initiative seeks to legalize cannabis cafes in Oregon -Colorado issues first psilocybin-related licenses... -MDMA for active-duty troops... edelic.org/4B1E