On this edition of Century: Psilocybin in the Garden State.
The New Jersey Legislature is considering Assembly Bill A.3852, An Act concerning a pilot program for psilocybin research and making an appropriation. The Assembly Appropriations Committee approved that bill with a “do-pass” recommendation at a hearing Thursday December 18. We hear testimony from one of the witnesses, Neal Usatin with New Jersey for Fungi and Plant Medicine.
Plus, The World Health Organization, the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, and Medecins du Monde held an event recently to launch a new WHO technical document entitled, “WHO guidance on maintaining opioid agonist maintenance treatment as an essential health service.” We hear two of the panelists: Anja Busse, Head of the Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behaviours Unit at WHO, and Anton Basenko, Executive Director of the International Network of People who Use Drugs.
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