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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access

• sysadm1n 3y ago
  > The facilitator can deny access to those who have active psychosis, thoughts of harming anyone, or who have taken lithium, which is used to treat mania, in the past month. Well thank god for that. Whilst they can treat depression, they shouldn't be taken if you have a history of mental illness in your family, or are unhinged and prone to bouts of anxiety. Psilocybin may exacerbate symptoms rather than do healing. YMMV and set and setting is of course, important.
• Simulacra 3y ago
  Best thing I ever did for depression. It just stops depression cold and makes it hard to even be depressed. I'm convinced shrooms saved my life
  • stephenitis 3y ago
    my wife's also. After SSRIS, and ketamine IV's, 3 2-3.5g shroom doses carefully spaced, dosed, and ensuring a safe sane environment did wonders. I'm thankful
  • nh23423fefe 3y ago
    I took shrooms, once, years ago. It was one of single most meaningful experiences I've ever had. What's remarkable is the lack of craving for that experience. It wasn't just hedonic bliss. I really feel like I "learned" something and had access to truth. And that feeling has carried over. Not the colors and swirling. But the gratitude for life.
• nosmokewhereiam 3y ago
  Initially in Oregon, $7,500 sessions have been known to occur. Granted, insurance likely covered most of it, but there aren't enough facilitators trained and the price is reflective of that. Every 6-8 months another batch is trained, so it'll definitely not be the norm, but it's amazing that that sort of price can even be considered. There will soon be a glut of trained facilitators and homogeneous tested biomass, so the costs of both will plummet in a year or two. I'd expect the pay to be what behavior health typically gets in their early careers, 40-60k max.