Oregon’s program implements Ballot Measure 109, passed in November 2020 and now codified as ORS 475A, which directs the Oregon Health Authority to license and regulate psilocybin products and services (Oregon Health Authority). The statute prohibits selling or delivering psilocybin products to people under 21 (ORS chapter 475A). Licensed service centers and facilitators run the sessions.
Colorado’s Proposition 122 went to voters on 8 November 2022 and proposed regulated access to natural medicine for persons 21 years of age or older (Colorado Secretary of State). The state’s Natural Medicine Division says Colorado became the second state, after Oregon, to legalize psilocybin mushrooms for personal use or use by healing centers after SB23-290 was signed in May 2023, with separate agencies licensing businesses and facilitators (Colorado Natural Medicine Division).
Both programs sit beside federal law, which still lists psilocybin and psilocyn in Schedule I (eCFR, 21 CFR 1308.11). Canada has no comparable licensing system. This describes the programs; it is not legal advice.
General information, not legal advice.
Sources
- Oregon Health Authority: Oregon Psilocybin Services
- Oregon Revised Statutes chapter 475A
- Colorado Natural Medicine Division: FAQ
- Colorado Secretary of State: Proposition 122 (2022)
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