Dina Odeh and Sammy Kahuk are owners and licensed facilitators at Psilocybin Center, the first facility in Salem offering personalized psilocybin sessions. Husband and wife Sammy Kahuk and Dina Odeh have opened Salem’s first psilocybin service center, and a second location is being licensed.
The Psilocybin Center at 2585 State St. offers personalized “psychedelic mushrooms” sessions to anyone over the age of 21 for behavioral or physical health conditions or for spiritual or recreational purposes.
Kahuk and Odeh are licensed facilitators who said they help clients make decide what session is right for them.
Oregon was the first state to legalize therapeutic, supervised use of psilocybin with the passage of Ballot Measure 109 in 2020.
“When we found out that Oregon was legalizing psilocybin, it rung a bell with us like, hey, we can make a really big difference and we can provide a tool to the community,” Kahuk said.
There are 27 licensed psilocybin service centers and 326 licensed facilitators in Oregon as of May 2024, according to the Oregon Health Authority. A shared passion for natural medicine
Psilocybin historically has been used by Indigenous communities for spiritual and ceremonial purposes such as in healing rituals and religious ceremonies.
Kahuk and Odeh have had a shared interest in natural medicine since they met. They opened their first business after getting married in 2015 — a CBD company in Florida where they made products by infusing traditional Chinese herbal recipes with CBD.
In 2018, they moved to Oregon to enter the cannabis industry. They own Hall of Strains, a cannabis dispensary in Salem, and a small-batch, indoor cannabis farm in Eugene.Psilocybin is another way for them to make an impact in the community and help people access natural medicinal remedies, Kahuk said.They value the holistic approach of natural medicines because they feel that, while beneficial, pharmaceuticals do not always meet everyone’s needs, he said."We want to build a community around this," Odeh said. "We want, more than just to help people, to have people feel comfortable and safe enough in this space to want to hopefully get over that trauma or whatever it is they are […]
Couple opens The Psilocybin Center, Salem’s first licensed psychedelic mushroom facility
