Colorado Healing Center Facilitates First Psilocybin Session Under Voter-Approved Psychedelics Legalization Law

Colorado Healing Center Facilitates First Psilocybin Session Under Voter-Approved Psychedelics Legalization Law

For the first time, a Colorado patient has taken a legal supervised dose of psilocybin under the state’s natural medicine program. That’s according to the The Center Origin, which in April became the state’s first licensed healing center as part of a buildout of the voter-approved system that was completed last month. “Big news,” the facility’s CEO and founder, Elizabeth Cooke, said on social media on Sunday. “Last week, we held our very first p…

State psychedelics legalization and policy roundup

This post is part of an ongoing series summarizing state-based psychedelic reforms intended for policy professionals. Arizona Arizona Senate Bill 1555, by state Sen. T.J. Shope (R-16), would have authorized a regulated market for psilocybin-assisted therapy. However, the bill was heavily amended and pared down to legalize a pharmaceutical version of synthetic psilocybin, conditional upon its approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Th…

Colorado spotlights role of psychedelics in addressing overdose crisis

Colorado spotlights role of psychedelics in addressing overdose crisis kcpnews2 Tue, 06/17/2025 - 05:00 Image Click play to listen to this article. Audio file Some 7,000 people are expected to attend this week's Psychedelic Science conference in Denver and public health activists are spotlighting the potential for mind-altering medicines to help address the nation's overdose crisis.They also said the medications could help end decades of mass…