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Sheri Eckert, one of the chief petitioners of Oregon’s successful ballot measure to legalize psilocybin, died Thursday in her sleep according to her family. She was 59 years old.

One of the architects of Oregon’s bid to legalize psychedelic mushrooms, Sheri Eckert, has died Updated Dec 22, 2020; Sheri Eckert, one of the chief petitioners of Oregon’s successful ballot measure to legalize psilocybin, died Thursday in her sleep according to her family. She was 59 years old. Eckert, a counselor living in Portland, was chief petitioner of Measure 109 with her husband Thomas Eckert. The two had worked for years to create a legal path to the regulated use of psychedelic ...

Oregon magic mushroom therapist passes Sheri Eckert, Measure 109 sponsor, psychedelic leader and psilocybin therapist, dies at 56. Portlands psychedelic community was in shock over the weekend with the news that Sheri Eckert died. Eckert, 56, was one of the two people behind Oregons magic mushrooms measure — Measure 109 — which voters approved on Nov. 3. She died in her sleep unexpectedly on Thursday Dec. 17. Eckert and her husband Tom were the driving force and sponsors of Measur...