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Service Centres: The Oregon Health Authority estimates that treatment facilities may open their doors in 2023, following the passage of Measure 109 in 2020, which legalised the use of psilocybin therapy in the state. Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic derived from what is usually dubbed โmagic mushrooms,โ used to treat a variety of mental health disorders.
Psilocybin Is Available In Oregon And Service Centres Are Expected To Open In 2023
“High-quality clinical investigations have demonstrated that psilocybin can be effective for treating anxiety, sadness, trauma, and also certain forms of addiction,” said Angela Allbee, Manager of OHA’s psilocybin programmes.
Allbee claims that some psychedelic users have suffered momentary nausea, high blood pressure, rapid heart rate, and/or “wonderful pictures.” She also mentioned that some psilocybin users could not have these reactions at all.
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Manufacturers, testing facilities, service providers, and facilitators can now apply for licences with OHA. According to Allbee, so far they have approved 58 work permits and three manufacturing applications. Allbee indicated that service centre doors might open once licencing applications for manufacturers, testing labs, service centres, and facilitators were all examined and issued.
To address concerns about a potential shortage of psilocybin, she said, “we think that we’ll have plenty of psilocybin products but it all depends on the number of licensees and how much psilocybin they’re going to cultivate.”
In response to worries about illicit psilocybin entering the market, OHA restricted manufacturing and instituted a tracking system. Allbee noted these worries and stressed the significance of knowing exactly what goes into one’s body.
โPsilocybin grows naturally around the world, so it is not hard to go for a walk in the Pacific Northwest and to find psilocybin-producing mushrooms. The catch is that you may rest easy knowing the security of your items thanks to this regulated system. Product testing will reveal whether or not the species has been successfully identified.
Youโll understand the potency and the amount of psilocybin that your products include and, of course, youโll have a supervised model, or youโll have help from a professional facilitator in a regulated setting,โ Allbee added.
Also, “this is not a dispensary model,” she clarified. No longer will you be able to buy psilocybin at a dispensary and carry it with you when you leave.
Some would-be service providers in Oregon’s psilocybin programme are worried about the financial commitment required to join.
For aspiring psilocybin facilitators like Matthew Hicks, the annual costs of $10,000 to maintain a service centre licence are “kind of major barriers”.
“We’re really concerned about affordability as well,” Allbee said in response. Clients who are interested in receiving services may find that they are not covered by their insurance. Facilitators pay $2,000, while service providers, producers, and testing labs pay $10,000, according to Allbee.
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Allbee statement
Currently, there are no state-dedicated funds to help subsidise the cost of either licencing fees or services. “The reason why these licencing fees are so expensive right now is that when Measure 109 was passed by Oregon voters, it created a fee-based structure which means the cost of all of our section’s work, licencing, regulating and all the work we’re doing has to be covered by licencing fees,” Allbee said.
Allbee stated that OHA is collaborating with the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board and locals to ensure fair and affordable licence rates.
Allbee stated OHA’s target opening date for service centres to be the second quarter of the year, or sometime in 2023.
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Allbee promised that once licences were issued, workers will be able to get to work immediately. Growing psilocybin doesn’t take long at all, but turning it into extracts or food items could add some time to the process. On average, though, the growth cycle will take little more than a few weeks at most, if that.
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