A staffer holds a capsule used in a study of psilocybin at CU Anschutz. State regulators are likely to allow the use of capsules, tinctures and other forms of psilocybin at Colorado’s healing centers. Early next year, the state of Colorado will start issuing licenses for psychedelic therapy centers, places where people can pay to take a supervised dose of psychedelic mushrooms and other forms of psilocybin.
Close to 100 people have told the state they’re interested in opening psilocybin businesses, including mushroom cultivation facilities, testing labs and therapy centers. Those therapy centers will be the only formal, legal businesses that are able to sell psilocybin, and the drug will have to be taken under supervision.
It will be the fulfillment of a change that voters approved back in 2021.
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But what will those “healing centers” look like? What forms will the psilocybin come in? Who will produce the drug, and who can work in the industry?
Those are questions the state is trying to answer now. On Thursday, regulators published the latest draft rules that will govern the psilocybin industry here.
It’s a key step. With the new publication, “facilitators and businesses really have what they need to make informed decisions,” said Shawn Hauser, a partner at Vicente LLP, a law firm that has been closely involved in Colorado’s cannabis and psilocybin industries. Here’s some of what the draft rules say:
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Therapy centers could take a variety of forms, from a typical therapist’s office to a retreat or even an outdoor setting. Although each facility would need to be based in a building, regulators said they know customers might want to go outside.’“They want to be able to move around and be in nature,” said Allison Robinette, policy director for the Department of Revenue’s natural medicine and cannabis teams. Sweets and chocolates? The industry could be allowed to offer psilocybin in multiple forms, including dried mushrooms; capsules; tea bags; tinctures; and chocolates and confections.The idea of psilocybin chocolates is stirring some debate, with children’s safety advocates worried that it will normalize the idea of sweet and […]
Tinctures, chocolates and more: The future of Colorado’s psychedelic industry is coming into focus
