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2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 109

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initiative (called the Psilocybin Service Initiative, or Initiative Petition #34) on the November 2020 ballot, 112,020 signatures of support from Oregonians had to be collected. On November 3, 2020, Ballot Measure 109 was passed with support from 1.27 million Oregonians, or 55.75% of the vote (according to unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State in the days following the election).
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were able to legally screen and treat individuals with psilocybin in Oregon. The program posted draft regulations for public notice and comment in April 2022. In the 2022 midterm elections, however, a total of 102 incorporated cities and 25 counties in the state voted, temporarily or permanently, to prohibit psilocybin-related business from being conducted within specified areas.
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runs the Oregon Psilocybin Services program, which is creating regulations and issuing licenses for all aspects of the program. They began accepting applications for licensure on January 2, 2023. After that date, treatment providers who are licensed, using tested psilocybin from licensed suppliers,
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The chief petitioners behind the bill were Thomas Eckert and his late first wife, Sheri Eckert, both therapists who had been working for years to legalize psilocybin because of its potential benefit for people struggling with conditions including depression, anxiety, and addiction. To get the
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Allows manufacture, delivery, administration of psilocybin at supervised, licensed facilities; imposes two-year development period
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109, also known as the Oregon Psilocybin Services Act, allowing the "manufacture, delivery and administration" of
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An early draft of the Act (which was later revised before the vote) on the Oregon Secretary of State's website
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As of 2024, psilocybin therapy is permitted in the following counties:
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Associated Press
U.S. state
Oregon
Ballot Measure
psilocybin
psychedelic
prodrug
Baker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crook
Curry
Deschutes
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson
Josephine
Klamath
Lake
Lane
Lincoln
Linn

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