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1 week ago | 
theothermagazines.com | Jack Gorsline
Without bustling in the open market, like so many of New York’s Cannabis industry leaders, the “psychedelic renaissance” of the last decade continues to stoke interest and gain momentum. The Empire State’s psychedelic subculture has been steadily thriving in the underground and beyond, drawing curiosity and controversy as a growing number of New Yorkers explore and use certain psychedelics like psilocybin mushrooms, LSD, ayahuasca, and more.
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1 month ago | 
talkingjointsmemo.com | Jack Gorsline
It’s that time of year again. That magical, slightly overcast weather known to blanket New England in mid-to-late March has arrived like clockwork, signaling the return of the now-11th annual NECANN Boston, taking place this weekend at the Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay. With the convention primed for a proper expansion track for a few years, the 2025 edition will feature an exciting new avenue focused entirely on psychedelics.
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1 month ago | 
horizonmass.news | Jack Gorsline
The psychedelic landscape in Massachusetts is shifting rapidly as grassroots leaders regroup following the failure of the Question 4 psychedelics ballot initiative last November.
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1 month ago | 
talkingjointsmemo.com | Jack Gorsline
The psychedelic landscape in Massachusetts is shifting rapidly as grassroots leaders regroup following the failure of the Question 4 psychedelics ballot initiative last November.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
newsletter.doubleblindmag.com | Jack Gorsline
Deep dives and investigations you won't find anywhere elseTrump’s HHS pick stirs controversy. Advocates debate the future of psychedelic medicine under MAGA leadership. By Jack GorslineIn the wake of a tumultuous election season in the United States, advocates from across the political spectrum have expressed no shortage of broad-ranging predictions for the future of psychedelic policy reform during Donald Trump’s second term. A major post-election topic in psychedelic circles has been Robert F.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
talkingjointsmemo.com | Jack Gorsline
In covering the psychedelics community in Massachusetts over the last 16 months, I’ve been fortunate to meet a stunningly diverse coalition of advocates, both here in New England and around the globe.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
talkingjointsmemo.com | Jack Gorsline
Psychedelic advocates across the Bay State scored some short-term wins last week—a dozen, to be exact—as commonwealth lawmakers submitted 12 psychedelics-related bills prior to the legislative filing deadline last Friday.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
filtermag.org | Jack Gorsline
Minnesota’s Psychedelic Medicine Task Force has released a long-awaited legislative report. It recommends that the state move toward decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms and regulating their therapeutic use, as well as funding research into other psychedelics. State lawmakers will now have to decide whether and how to act on it.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
talkingjointsmemo.com | Jack Gorsline
The 2024 election cycle in the Bay State wound up looking like a rollercoaster ride for psychedelic advocates, marked by both resounding defeat at the ballot box and a resulting emergence of a more diverse and resilient grassroots movement. While the ambitious Question 4 campaign which aimed to decriminalize and legalize psychedelic therapy ultimately failed, this year also saw the rise of new leaders along with the exposure of longtime movement figureheads for deceitful and divisive behavior.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
filtermag.org | Jack Gorsline
A woman in Louisa County, Virginia, faces a sentence of up to 160 years in prison after her conviction for selling psilocybin mushrooms and cannabis, at what law enforcement described as a weekly “pop-up farmers style market for smoking and vaping products.” Advocates have condemned the costly investigation and extreme potential sentence, when possession and home cultivation of cannabis have been legal in Virginia for some years, and when other jurisdictions have decriminalized or legalized...
