A Toolkit for Oregon’s Psilocybin Industry
Are you building a service center, or becoming a psilocybin facilitator? Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of a new resource: the Oregon Psilocybin Industry Toolkit.
The Toolkit is an ongoing digital resource for folks working in the Oregon psilocybin community. Our goal is to empower and educate folks with high quality information, starting with what it takes to open a service center or become a facilitator.
Our resources include:
Service Center (Draft) Regulations: The HAF Guide
We went through dozens of pages of draft regulations and distilled the most relevant areas. This will get updated in early January after they are codified.Know Before You Start: Major Considerations
Beyond the regulations, we’ve outlined some important areas to be aware of before starting a service center, such as 280E, land use, and liability insurance.Facilitator FAQs
We've compiled answers to some of the common questions we receive from folks interested in becoming facilitators.
Over the next few months, we’ll continue to add resources and offer workshops, so stay tuned for more to come. If you have suggestions for content or additional helpful resources, please send a note to heidi@healingadvocacyfund.org.
If you are building, or are interested in building, a service center, sign up here to stay up to date on program offerings, including free deep dive workshops, or to receive an invite to our Slack channel for service center operators.
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The Seattle Times
Among tall Douglas fir and oak trees, surrounded by a winding creek that feeds into the Clackamas River, a new kind of therapist is being minted in Oregon.
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Jackson County Restricts Mushroom Retreats to Cities
Oregon Business
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners has voted to restrict mushroom retreat centers to commercial zones, upending a proposed business venture between Silo and the New Frontier Ranch: a 960-acre psychedelic wellness retreat in rural Jackson County.
Mike Arnold, founder and CEO of publicly-traded psilocybin therapeutics company Silo Wellness, says the board’s decision only punishes people trying to use the drug in a therapeutic way. (The vote comes at the same time reporters discovered a Portland retailer is selling psilocybin mushrooms openly, defying of both federal law and Oregon statutes, the latter of which only permits sale and use of the drug in a therapeutic setting.
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