Month: October 2021

Wavepaths: The Neuroscientist-Founded Company Producing Music For—And As—Psychedelic Therapy – Forbes

Wavepaths produces music for and as psychedelic therapy. The company was founded by neuroscientist … [+] Mendel Kaelen and recently received an investment of $4.5 million. Photo Courtesy Wavepaths If you’ve ever attended a concert while under the influence of a psychedelic drug, you’ve experienced how it can alter the way you perceive music. It’s …

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Easthampton is the fourth city in Mass. to vote to decriminalize psychedelics – WBUR

Easthampton is now the fourth city in Massachusetts to vote to decriminalize the possession and use of psychedelic plants. Seven city councilors voted in favor of a resolution on the issue Wednesday night, and two abstained. Psychedelic substances like psilocybin mushrooms are still illegal under federal law. But, arresting people for growing, possessing or using them is …

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Third California City Moves To Decriminalize Psychedelics As Reform Movement Expands – Marijuana Moment

Another California city has effectively decriminalized a wide range of psychedelics, with the Arcata City Council unanimously approving the reform on Wednesday. The 5-0 vote means that the possession, cultivation and distributions of entheogenic substances like psilocybin and ayahuasca will be among the city’s lowest law enforcement priorities. The measure further calls on the Humboldt …

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Seattle Passes Resolution to Decriminalize Psychedelics – Slog – TheStranger.com

Shroom lovers, rejoice! Kinda. Probably. Eventually. MOHA EL-JAW / GETTY Yesterday, the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution that asks Seattle cops to make enforcement of entheogens, aka psychedelic drugs, their lowest priority. The resolution, introduced by Councilmember Andrew Lewis, brings Seattle into the national conversation on the issue, according to Lewis. …

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Psychedelic therapy: a roadmap for wider acceptance and utilization – Nature.com

Given promising clinical-trial results, many stakeholders are attempting to patent psychedelic compounds and methods of producing and administering them. Patents entitle their holders to exclude others from making, using or selling patented inventions for approximately 20 years13. The public-policy justification for patents rests on the theory that the right to exclude incentivizes drug development, an …

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Seattle Becomes Largest US City To Decriminalize Psychedelics – Marijuana Moment

Seattle’s City Council approved a resolution Monday to decriminalize noncommercial activity around a wide range of psychedelic substances, including the cultivation and sharing of psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine and non-peyote-derived mescaline. The landmark measure extends what is already Seattle city policy not to arrest or prosecute people for personal drug possession to further protect the …

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