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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/have-a-safe-trip-oregon-trains-magic-mushroom-facilitators/"></div>DAMASCUS, Oregon (AP) — At a woodsy retreat center in Oregon, some 30 men and women are seated or lying down, masks covering their eyes and listening to serene music. They are among the first crop of students being trained how to accompany patients tripping on psilocybin, as Oregon prepares to become the first U.S. […]&l...

Oregon will begin allowing licensed, regulated use of psychedelic mushrooms in 2023. Ahead of the legal rollout, a Portland company is training facilitators who will be a reassuring presence for people on a trip. They will also create safe spaces in licensed service centers for dosing sessions. Some classes in the six-month, $7,900 course are online but others are in-person. They're held outside Portland in a building resembling a mountain lodge. Researchers believe psilocybin changes the w...

Ahead of the rollout of psychedelic mushrooms, a Portland company is training facilitators who will be a reassuring presence for people on a trip.

At a woodsy retreat center in Oregon, some 30 men and women are seated or lying down, masks covering their eyes and listening to serene music. They are among the first crop of students being trained how to accompany patients tripping on psilocybin, as Oregon prepares to become the first U.S. state to offer controlled use of the psychedelic mushroom to the public.

DAMASCUS, Ore. — Among tall Douglas fir and oak trees, surrounded by a winding creek that feeds into the Clackamas River, a new kind of therapist is being minted in Oregon. The aptly named Inner Trek ...

What the psilocybin people think about all the 'opt-out' votes across Oregon.

"Magic mushrooms," which contain the psychedelic compound psilocybin, will soon be available to people over the age of 21, to be taken in a licensed facility.

Mid-2023ish, probably.

It’s T-minus 259 days until Oregonians can legally start tripping, and we’re still deciding how best to manage the production and administration of psychedelic drugs. In 2020, voters passed Measure 109, permitting the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. In the months since, members of a volunteer advisory board made up of invested parties—therapists, doctors, researchers, mycologists and others—have been working on a framework for implementation w...

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