Voters to decide on psilocybin ban in November
NEWS City Council votes to put a measure on the November ballot barring any psilocybin-related businesses in Keizer. Photo by David Buzzard - media...
NEWS City Council votes to put a measure on the November ballot barring any psilocybin-related businesses in Keizer. Photo by David Buzzard - media - centre.caThe upcoming ballot was central to more than one issue at the July 18 City Council meeting, including a proposed city-wide ban on psilocybin manufacturing and psilocybin treatment centers. Psilocybin, a.k.a. 'magic mushrooms,' have been used in the U.S. as a medical treatment of depression and anxiety since 2020, when a study published in the Journal of American Psychiatry reported the chemical treatment producing significant improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms among people undergoing life-threatening cancer treatments.