Oregon’s Measure 109 Provides the Model Oregon’s Mental Health Crisis If you happen to live in Portland, Oregon, you see it every day. Real people, abandoned to the streets, living in tents, sinking deeper into addictions and despair. The situation throughout our state, while less visible, is no less severe. One in six Oregonians struggle with mental illness,
Author: Tom and Sheri Eckert
Residing in Portland, Oregon, Tom and Sheri Eckert are seasoned psychotherapists, founders of the Oregon Psilocybin Society, and architects of the Psilocybin Service Initiative of Oregon (Yes on 109), a statewide ballot initiative campaign to legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy.
Grassroots Psychedelic Policy Reform: A Call to Unity
Unity is the great epiphany of the psychedelic experience, and it’s the ethos of a growing movement. For a first wave of psychedelic policy reformers, unity isn’t conformity, but rather a sense of respect and support for a diversity of projects and intentions. Unity, in this nascent space, comes in recognition of the extended vision, a whole that adds up to more than its parts.