Edelic Center for Ethnobotanical Services

501(c)3 grass-roots non-profit promoting global awareness of & local accessibility to organic plant/fungi based ethnobotanicals & psychedelics. #edelic #ecfes

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"Our essential mission is promoting global awareness of, and local acceptability of plant-oriented ethnobotanical psychedelics," says James Joseph, Director and one of ECfES' founders. https://t.co/5eEpMDO9Ob

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FL; would... illegal “to transport, import, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or give away spores or mycelium capable of producing mushrooms or other material which will contain a controlled substance, including psilocybin or psilocyn, during its lifecycle.” https://t.co/aTsiZTVBE7

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Doctors for Drug Policy Reform; decriminalizing use/possession of psychedelics... adults “provides a viable path to reducing mass incarceration, addressing systemic inequities, supporting public health & lays... foundation for rational drug policy reform.” https://t.co/gNwcAoD2Ss

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Federal judge orders local official to return a religious group's psychedelic sacrament; legally produced in Oregon; “before... transportation to Singularism’s spiritual center [in UT]” ...decisions like this; a partial victory for pharmacological freedom. https://t.co/HaQYTrCjGh

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...establishing legal churches centered around the use of... such substances, particularly as states like OR & CO have legalized forms of psychedelic-assisted therapy… does not follow a rigid set of prescribed beliefs... encourages adherents to explore... https://t.co/hn0msH3jEY

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CO law does not allow retail sales of psilocybin... allows adults 21 and older to grow, use, and share psychedelic mushrooms for personal use... hopes the same federal hands-off approach to marijuana will be taken for psilocybin in Oregon and Colorado. https://t.co/cH6dNcYa3i

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On [3/13/25], organizers announced the second annual event, which was scheduled for June 15, has been cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances and some bad luck.” Co-founder Jonathan Cherkoss suggested the festival may not return in future years either. https://t.co/CS7K62aHhY

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Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday [3/12/25] announced that he has withdrawn an Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission audit associated with the scandal that ended a predecessor’s political career... Shemia Fagan resigned in disgrace... La Mota... https://t.co/GgAaboYh6a

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W/O efforts of this “small band of anticapitalist activists,” NYT authors argue, Lykos Therapeutics’... MDMA-AT may have... first psychedelic therapy to get fed. approval... largely divorced from the events as I witnessed them, misleading in crucial ways… https://t.co/ewU0K6au9O

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While large-scale studies are lacking, Mothers of the Mushroom gathered data points concerning mothers who ingested psilocybin during pregnancy and breastfeeding; offers insight from over 400 women who have used psilocybin while pregnant or breastfeeding… https://t.co/r8IucIhLbd

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Several members; 18-person Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Board… stressed that while they support harm reduction programs; didn’t want to divert all of... state’s funding from other vital programs such as drug tx & addiction prevention https://t.co/7iFVTUDRUk

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Denver business; that could mean retreat centers, yoga studios or social clubs could offer the treatments… a coffee shop serving drinks with non-psychedelic “functional” mushrooms, [&] lounge... so people can take microdoses and indulge their creativity. https://t.co/7w8H31Dp4x

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Feb. 2025 Newsletter
☁️"Psychedelics Exist : Entheogens Persist"☁️

-Inside... psychedelic
-Shrooms on Main
-Ballot initiative seeks to legalize cannabis cafes in Oregon
-Colorado issues first psilocybin-related licenses...
-MDMA for active-duty troops...
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