Psychedelic Week Podcast
Psychedelic Week Podcast
Comparing Oregon and Colorado's regulated psychedelic programs, update on the Natural Medicine Advisory Board, the Decrim First Movement, and Kentucky's investment in Ibogaine research
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*The views expressed on Psychedelic Week do not represent the views of Harvard University, POPLAR at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School, Florida State University, or the Florida State University College of Law. Psychedelic Week is an independent project unaffiliated with these programs and institutions.
Mason Marks, MD, JD is the Florida Bar Health Law Section Professor at the Florida State University College of Law. He is the senior fellow and project lead of the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School and an affiliated fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. Marks teaches drug law, psychedelic law, constitutional law, and administrative law. Before moving to Florida, he served on the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board where he chaired its Licensing Subcommittee. Marks has drafted drug policies for state and local lawmakers. His forthcoming book on psychedelic law and politics will be published by Yale University Press. He tweets at @MasonMarksMD and @PsychedelicWeek.
Psychedelic Week Podcast
Thanks Mason for the detailed comparison of the evolving psychedelics regulatory environment. Very enlightening and much appreciated. Hearing about the potential for conflict between the CO approach and the FDA/Compass Pathways track was very helpful in understanding the way these institutions could have Federal vs State conflicts moving forward, particularly even after FDA approval of psilocybin in some form.
The economics of bringing these services from the “black market” to the “gray market” is definitely a significant concern. When a single psilocybin service experience in Oregon is on par with the cost of a week-long, luxury retreat in Costa Rica, it’s a real challenge for baseline economic viability let alone broader community access to these services.
Looking at the investment side of the local/state services ecosystem, it’s hard to see it as compelling at this point - even excluding risks from Federal/State regulatory conflicts. Hopefully this changes with time.