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Healing Advocacy Fund is asking participants of Colorado and Oregon’s psilocybin programs to share their stories to support public education and advocacy.

Share Your Story of Healing Healing Advocacy is gathering personal stories from people who have participated in Oregon's or Colorado's regulated psilocybin therapy programs. Your story may be used to support public education and policy advocacy. You choose how your story is shared, and nothing happens without your permission.....

Groups in Palm Springs, CA and Pierce County, WA are considering decriminalization of certain psychedelics.

Washington State: Pierce County considers decriminalization of selected psychedelic compounds Thursday, August 6th, not the 4th. The virtual meeting will still be scheduled tomorrow at 4pm and be held by Pierce County advocates to cover questions and details about these public comment sessions. We'd love to see you there, and thank you for all your help. 100 N Howard St STE R Spokane, 99201....

Psilocybin produced significant improvements in depression, in its first publicly-funded randomized controlled trial in the UK.

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Two separate Massachusetts bills that would establish pilot programs for psychedelic therapy have advanced.

Two Massachusetts Psychedelics Pilot Bills Advance From Committee Two Massachusetts bills that would establish separate pilot programs for psychedelic-assisted treatment advanced from committee this week and were referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. On Wednesday, the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing recommended House Bill 4200 “ought to pas...

Several states are moving to let first responders use psychedelics for PTSD.

States Move To Let First Responders Use Ma*****na And Psychedelics To Treat PTSD - Ma*****na Moment “When you are in the fire service, or any first responder industry, or especially in the military, stuff builds up over time, and what happens is you see so many things that the crazy stuff starts to at least seem normal.” By Amanda Watford, Stateline More states this year have looked beyond tra...

Minnesota is on the verge of expanding access to psychedelic therapy.

Minnesota is on the verge of expanding access to psychedelics therapy • Minnesota Reformer With so much promising research and support for psychedelic medicines, we should view what passed this session as a planning phase for action in 2027.

In its Q2 psychedelic policy briefing, MAPS highlights momentum across three states and at the federal level.

2026 Second Quarter — Policy & Advocacy Wrap Up – Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies – MAPS 2026 Second Quarter — Policy & Advocacy Wrap Up Policy & Advocacy Updates This quarter marked an exciting period of growth and progress for MAPS’ Policy & Advocacy team. Through strategic partnerships, innovative research, coalition building, and legislative engagement, we continued to build mom...