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Psilocybin 'shows promise' as mental health therapy, Oregon board concludes The Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board was formed after Measure 109 passed during the November election, tasked with pursuing the establishment of psilocybin therapy. Posted: Jul 30, 2021 12:33 PM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt PORTLAND, Ore. — Psilocybin, the active chemical in psychedelic mushrooms, "is efficacious in reducing depression and anxiety," an Oregon government advisory board concluded in a review published Friday. The Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board was formed after Measure 109 passed during the November el...

Oregon report finds psilocybin in mushrooms shows promise as mental health therapy KTVZ file PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board have reached a milestone in the effort to build the nation’s first state psilocybin therapy program. The board, a governor-appointed advisory body created by the passage of Ballot Measure 109 in November, completed the report summary and findings showing that the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms holds promise as an option to address mental health issues. OHA published the  Oregon Psilocybin A...

/ A select group of doctors, social workers and fungi experts will now spend the next couple of years creating Oregon’s new psilocybin-assisted therapy program. Experts have now been chosen for one of the hottest committee assignments in Oregon. A select group of doctors, social workers and fungi experts will now spend the next couple of years creating Oregon’s new psilocybin-assisted therapy program. When voters passed Measure 109 – to allow the active ingredient of hallucinogenic mushrooms to be used in therapy – they gave the state two years to develop a program. The new board will...

Mar 17, 2021 As required under Ballot Measure 109, approved by voters last November, Governor Kate Brown today announced the members of the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board. Included on the board are top doctors and researchers from Oregon Health & Science University, fungi experts from Oregon State University, therapists, health experts, and community-oriented licensed clinical social workers. The board will be charged with following the best available science and data to create Oregon’s regulatory framework for the supervised, therapeutic use of psilocybin products. Clinical studies, incl...

Governor appoints board to oversee Oregon’s new psychedelic mushroom program OregonLive.com 3/16/2021 Lizzy Acker, oregonlive.com Oregon’s first-in-the-nation program to allow regulated, therapeutic use of psilocybin got underway Tuesday when Gov. Kate Brown announced the members of the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board. The board will create the framework for the program outlined in Measure 109, which Oregon voters approved in November. The board includes doctors, researchers, therapists and fungi experts, among others, according to a press release. “Like many, I was i...