Vicente LLP Vicente LLP is proud to collaborate with Psychedelic Alpha —an independent newsletter and community in the field of psychedelics—on the Colorado Natural Medicine Health Act Tracker , which includes high-level statistics, anticipated recommendations, and regularly published Natural Medicine Advisory Bulletins. The bulletins will provide updates from Natural Medicine Advisory Board meetings, along with other important information related to the implementation of the NMHA and psychedelics reform in Colorado.
Nearly fifteen months after Colorado voters approved the Natural Medicine Health Act, the public got its first glimpse of draft rules that will govern the regulated psychedelics program created by the Act. In February’s meeting of the Natural Medicine Advisory Board, the Department of Regulatory Agencies (“DORA”) presented draft rules for facilitator licensing and training programs. These rules, while still under development, represent months of hard work by the Advisory Board and state regulators. They also represent a significant improvement over the only other state-regulated psychedelics program in the country. Unlike Oregon’s Psilocybin Services program, which explicitly precludes psilocybin services from being combined with mental healthcare, these rules honor the will of the voters to integrate psychedelic healing into traditional healthcare systems. By providing medical and mental health professionals a framework to incorporate psychedelic care in their existing practices, the draft rules open the door to profound opportunities for deep spiritual and psychological healing in Colorado.
With official rulemaking now expected to begin in May 2024, these draft rules are still far from final. That is good news, as there […]
Colorado’s Draft Natural Medicine Rules: Full Breakdown & Commentary
