Psychedelics regulation

The question of whether psychedelic treatments always require psychotherapy is one hotly debated among researchers, and answers -as well as backstories- vary throughout the whole spectrum. For instance, on a recent edition of the Psychedelic Safety Seminars organized by philosopher and researcher...

Biden To Decide On Psychedelic Therapy Bill President Joe Biden received the final version of a large-scale defense bill providing funding for psychedelics clinical trials for military service members. The section calls on the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a process for active duty...

A new article authored by renowned regulatory specialist Dr. Mason Marks, of the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation at Harvard Law School, highlights growing concern about the chasm between state-level regulations and the FDA’s stance on psychedelics. Published in the...

The first and one of only two U.S. states, with Colorado, where psychedelics have been decriminalized and legalized within a regulated therapeutic model, Oregon recently licensed what is now the nation’s first psilocybin service center. Oregon’s Measure 109,...

EXCLUSIVE: AMA Moves Toward Psychedelic Therapy Reimbursement, Filing A Gap In Regulations The American Medical Association (AMA) is expected to issue the first code for psychedelic therapy reimbursement, following the approval of a joint application submitted by MAPS PBC and COMPASS Pathways (...

Colorado lawmakers sent a bill to the governor to create a regulatory framework for legal psychedelics under a voter-approved initiative, reported Marijuana Moment. The new proposal sets up regulations for the voter-approved Prop. 122 decriminalizing natural psychedelics...

Colorado’s approval of statewide natural psychedelics legalization along with the creation of legal treatment centers last November may soon become a reality. The state Senate passed a bill addressing Proposition 122 on Tuesday, April 25, and the state's House of...

Oregon’s 2020 measure legalizing psilocybin therapy within a regulated centers model is approaching actual implementation as the state’s health authority, the OHA, has begun granting licenses of different types. So far, the OHA approved four facilitators and one lab, while worker...

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP (FRB)’s Cannabis & Psychedelics Practice Group joins several law firms that offer cannabis and psychedelics companies their services.  With the goal of helping entrepreneurs commercialize psychedelic medicines and therapies, FRB's...

Psychedelics have made it to Capitol Hill. On Thursday Congress announced the creation of a Congressional Psychedelics Advancing Clinical Treatments (PACT) Caucus. Led by Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Jack Bergman (R-MI), the caucus will consist of bipartisan members of Congress...

During an event organized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, titled “Exploring Psychedelics & Entactogens to Treat Psychiatric Disorders,” two officials noted the challenges scientists face in conducting research into Schedule I substances such as...