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Drug Enforcement Agency warns that abuse of potentially encourage people to use substances they “Like millions of Americans, I’ve had some pretty psilocybin can result in psychosis, panic attacks, wouldn’t have used otherwise. profound experiences at different points in my life lack of coordination or death. “It’s important to look down the line and with psychedelics,” Eckert said. According to the 2020 Psilocybin Service be wary of what could potentially happen e initiative, which received approval from Initiative of Oregon, the proposed measure will in the future,” he said. Oregon’s Secretary of State last December, has allow “any individual over 21 years of age, upon Charleen Justice, chapter leader of the UO’s moved into the petitioning stage. According to attaining medical clearance from a physician, Students for Sensible Drug Policy group, encourages Eckert, they currently need 112,200 more signatures [to] participate in a sequence of sessions, students to educate themselves on the proposed bill by July 2020 to get on the ballot for that year. provided on-site at an independently licensed before making quick decisions. “My wife and I were motivated by the amazing psilocybin service facility.” “Ask questions, have conversations with others, body of research, which shows that psilocybin- e sessions would include assessments and dive into the research and history of this naturally assisted therapy is safe and uniquely effective when preparation, before the psilocybin would be occurring compound,” Justice said. “All these addressing issues like depression, anxiety, PTSD administered by a licensed caregiver. actions will enable the voter to make an informed and addictions, including alcoholism and cigarette “I think it’s important to understand that this decision of their own.” smoking,” Eckert said. framework is different than cannabis,” Eckert While they haven’t picked a venue yet, Eckert In October 2018, researchers at Johns said. “You won’t be able to buy psilocybin and PSI plan to bring Anthony Bossis, the lead Hopkins University published a study indicating and take it home with you.” researcher for a psilocybin study at NYU, to speak that psilocybin could be therapeutically Chairman of the University of Oregon’s College in Eugene on May 23. Students can fi nd out more at benefi cial with little risk of abuse. Republicans, Quinn Milionis, says that while he’s the campaign’s offi cial website psi-2020.org. “At Johns Hopkins, we have shown that psilocybin can help with smoking cessation,” said Vanessa McMain, senior media relations e Oregon Psilocybin Society has representative at Johns Hopkins Medicine. “We’ve been working to build a coalition that also shown that it can ease anxiety and depression aims to decriminalize psilocybin, in people with life-threatening cancer diagnoses.” the psychedelic compound found in Based on the fi ndings, researchers suggested more than 200 mushroom species. (Illustration by Michael Koval) reclassifying the drug from a Schedule I, which indicates a drug has zero medical uses, to a Schedule IV, indicating little risk of abuse and potential medical value. Under the proposed initiative, psilocybin would still be illegal for recreational use. However, McMain also notes that research is still in the early stages. “More research still needs to be done to determine additional potential medical benefi ts and fi nd the specifi c conditions required to use psilocybin therapeutically under a specialist’s care,” McMain said. e road to regulated psilocybin is a long one for researchers, who are looking for more than changes in state law. While Eckert said that decriminalizing psilocybin will give researchers increased access to the drug, McMain remains skeptical. “Decriminalizing psilocybin in one state won’t e Emerald is published NEWSROOM NEWS EDITORS PODCAST EDITORS BUSINESS STUDENT SALES MANAGER by Emerald Media Group, EMILY GOODYKOONTZ RYAN NGUYEN DANI TORREY MICHAEL TOBIN SARAROSA DAVIES PUBLISHER & PRESIDENT Inc., the independent EDITOR IN CHIEF BECCA ROBBINS BILL KUNERTH X317 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES nonprofi t media company ZACH PRICE PHOTO EDITOR EMAIL: BKUNERTHDAILYEMERALD.COM CALLIE DAVIDSON at the University of Oregon. 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(Courtesy of ASUO) ASUO IN THE THICK OF LOBBYING FOR LOWER TUITION BY ANAKIN WELP At the end of a string of public tuition college students are getting their fair share, “When students go and put their labor into meetings, news of a tuition increase for out-of- because those students eventually feed into sharing their stories,” said ASUO Chief of Staff state undergraduate students at the University the UO,” Gallegos-Chacón said. Tan Perkins, “you hope that impact stays, and of Oregon has distressed many in the campus Gallegos-Chacón described the process that it sticks with legislators when they go home. community. With the decision for resident tuition this year as frustrating, as legislators were I think that’s really the purpose, and that’s