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Take a couple deep breaths and notice what's happening inside. >> when you're facilitating the group session, it's non-directive. it's not -- it's not talk therapy. >> a seasoned therapist, tom eckert, is with intertrek, a new company founded to train facilitators in oregon. tom and his late wife played a big role in bringing legalized psilocybin therapy services to the state. >> we were the first to bring this idea forward that maybe there's a campaign to bring this into existence. it passed in oregon with 55% of the vote. >> maybe you start to notice your breath. >> oregon's regulations will...

Mushroom and those hoping to harness its potential. in 2020 oregon residents voted to legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use, the first state in the u.s. to do so. in january the law took effect. >> you get to decide how big you want the group to be. >> it requires those who will administer psilocybin, or facilitators, to be trained and certified. >> during the role plays there might be some whispering. i want to make sure you can hear everything that's happening. >> courses aimed to help facilitators guide others through a range of psychedelic trips. >> so i'd like to invite all of us to foc...

In November 2020, Oregon voters passed Measure 109, which allows the psychedelic compound psilocybin to be administered to adults in licensed service centers. The state’s first cohort of trained psilocybin-assisted therapy facilitators are completing their programs this spring.

Certified practitioners in Oregon will be able to use blankets, eye masks and even stuffed animals to guide patients

Hundreds of psilocybin facilitators from around the state have now graduated or are near the end of their programs.