Vicente LLP Psychedelics & Emerging Therapies Update: April 2024
Apr 12, 2024
State News & Insights
Colorado
Colorado's Draft Natural Medicine Rules: Full Breakdown & Commentary
Vicente LLP and Psychedelic Alpha provide a full breakdown of the first set of draft rules regarding Colorado's regulated psychedelics program with commentary from Vicente. The thirty-nine pages of draft rules cover facilitator licensing and training programs, representing months of work by the Natural Medicine Advisory Board and state regulators. Read more.
Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Bulletin #8.1: Recommendation Round-Up
Bulletin #8.1 gives context to the 123 recommendations, which will form the basis of the regulated nature medicine program approved by Colorado voters in November 2022. Read more.
Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Bulletin #9: February/March 2024
Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Bulletin #9 focuses on updates from the recent meeting of the Natural Medicine Advisory Board and listening sessions held by the Department of Revenue and the Department of Regulatory Agencies Stakeholder Engagement Meeting. Read more.
Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Bulletin #10: March 2024
Bulletin #10 focuses on updates from the recent Natural Medicine Advisory Board meeting, where draft rules for Facilitator licensing and training were discussed. Read more.
Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Bulletin #10: Legislative Update
Bulletin #10.1 features our review of SB 24-198, the first legislative update since the passing of SB23-290 in 2023, which implemented the NMHA. Read more.
California
California Assembly Unanimously Approves Bill to Create Psychedelics Workgroup and Prepare for Legal Therapeutic Access
California lawmakers recently gave a green light to a bill that could change how people deal with mental health problems. This bill, created by a Republican assembly member, would set up a group to look into the rules for using psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and ibogaine for treatment. If the California legislature put in place a regulatory framework as recommended by the workgroup, therapists will eventually be able to give these drugs to patients in a safe and controlled setting, following these new guidelines. Read more.
Maine
Maine Senate Passes Bill To Create Psychedelics Commission That Would Explore Regulated Access
Maine lawmakers have advanced an amended bill to establish a commission tasked with studying and making recommendations on regulating access to psychedelic services. The legislation was significantly watered down, as it initially would have legalized psilocybin. The 13-member panel would consist of legislative appointees, health experts, a military veteran, academics and people with experience in psychedelics policy. Read more.
Missouri
Missouri House Approves Budget Bill With $10 Million To Research Psilocybin As Treatment For Opioid Addiction
Last week, Missouri’s House of Representatives gave final approval to a budget bill that would spend $10 million from state opioid settlement funds to study the use of psilocybin to treat opioid use disorder. Read more.
Utah
Utah Psychedelics Pilot Program Bill Becomes Law
The Republican governor of Utah has allowed a bill to become law without his signature that authorizes a pilot program for regulated access to psilocybin and MDMA as an alternative treatment option. Under this pilot program, psilocybin and MDMA may be administered by certain hospitals and universities. Read more.
Federal News & Insights
DEA Agrees to Hold Hearing on Proposed Ban of DOI and DOC
After pushback from researchers, the Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled an administrative hearing to get additional feedback from experts amid its renewed push to schedule 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine (DOI) and 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine (DOC) as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Read more.
Veterans Mental Health Leadership Coalition Urges Congress to Support and Pass the Breakthrough Therapies Act
In a pivotal series of meetings held in mid-March, the Veterans Mental Health Leadership Coalition (VMHLC), engaged with 65 members of Congress to advocate for the urgent passage of the Breakthrough Therapies Act. This legislation is a cornerstone in the fight against the escalating mental health crisis and its resultant increase in suicide rates and pharmaceutical overdoses within the veteran community.
Show Your Support
Support Microdosing Research and Advocacy Efforts
The Microdosing Collective is leading a coordinated strategy around changes to state and federal policy to support the legalization of microdosing, starting with psilocybin. The public health potential of microdosing is undeniable, but your support is needed. Support research and advocacy efforts with a donation to the Microdosing Collective today.
Join the Movement to Support Safe, Equitable Access to Psychedelic Medicines in Colorado
Healing Advocacy Fund Colorado (HAF) exists to support safe, equitable and effective implementation of the Natural Medicine Health Act, with the hope that Colorado can serve as a model for thoughtful and ethical reform. Grounded in values of safety, inclusivity, equity and responsibility, the organization intends to foster opportunities for community participation as this implementation journey unfolds.
- Sign up for HAF’s newsletter for news, updates, events and research around the implementation of the NMHA
- Donate to HAF. Your charitable donation supports safe, equitable access to psilocybin therapy for those who need it
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Events
SXSW 2024 + ATX Psychedelics and Cannabis Opening Night Party
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Did you miss Vicente LLP at SXSW this year? Not only did partners Joshua Kappel and Shawn Hauser provide amazing insights on their Psychedelics Track panels, but the ATX Psychedelics and Cannabis Opening Night Party to raise funds for the non-profit Field to Healed, co-hosted by Grasslands: Journalism-Minded Agency™, was a success! Thank you to our amazing sponsors, Cantrip and Rare Earth Genomics, for helping to make it all possible.
April 18 | Bridging the Worlds: The Confluence of Indigenous Wisdom and Psychedelic Science
Vicente psychedelics attorneys Joshua Kappel and Barine Majewska will attend Bridging the Worlds: The Confluence of Indigenous Wisdom and Psychedelic Science Conference at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.
Register here to attend various panels centered around the connection between psychedelics/plant medicines and their cultural and historical sacred traditions within communities.
April 27-28 | Psychedelic Culture 2024
We're proud to sponsor Chacruna Institute's Psychedelic Culture 2024 in San Francisco! Look out for our attorneys Joshua Kappel and Barine Majewska, who will be in attendance. Contact us if you'd like to meet up!
May 31 - June 2 | Aspen Public Radio Psychedelics Symposium
This June, Vicente LLP is headed to the Aspen Public Radio Psychedelics Symposium, co-hosted by the Healing Advocacy Fund! Vicente founding partner Joshua Kappel is slated to speak on a panel surrounding Colorado’s Natural Medicine. Click here to learn more and contact us to set up a meeting while we're there!
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