Oregon House Bill 2387 would improve psilocybin services

Oregon House Bill 2387 would improve psilocybin services

A version of the following written comment was submitted to the Oregon House Committee on Behavioral Health and Healthcare on March 21, 2025. Oregon House Bill 2387 would improve regulations for the state’s professional psilocybin services market. The bill includes important regulatory improvements to Ballot Measure 109, which created the state’s psilocybin services market. In Oregon, psilocybin services cannot currently be used to treat mental …

Psilocybin-assisted neurofeedback shows promise in preliminary research

Can psychedelics help train the brain? Scientists have begun to explore whether pairing psilocybin microdosing with neurofeedback training can improve cognitive function. A new study offers early signs that the approach is safe, tolerable, and feasible—but it remains unclear whether it actually enhances thinking skills. The research has been published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Psilocybin is the active compound found i…

How Psilocybin Lifts Mood Without the Hallucinogenic Trip

Researchers have uncovered two key brain mechanisms—specific neurons and a serotonin receptor—that help explain how psilocybin produces long-lasting antidepressant effects. Their study identified pyramidal tract neurons in the medial frontal cortex and the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor as essential to the therapeutic action of psilocybin.

Sporadic use of classic psychedelics and neuropsychological performance: A cross-sectional analysis

Evidence on the neuropsychological consequences of classic psychedelics like psilocybin, LSD, and ayahuasca is conflicting, and little is known about …