Drug scheduling, decriminalization, reform frameworks, and why legal status shapes everything.
Created five federal schedules for controlled substances. Placed LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, and later MDMA in highly restrictive categories.
United Nations treaty that created an international framework for controlling psychedelic and other psychoactive substances.
Schedule I classification creates regulatory, financial, and logistical barriers that have severely limited scientific research on psychedelics for decades.
Decriminalization and legalization are distinct policy approaches. Understanding the difference is essential for following psychedelic policy reform.
Oregon became the first US state to create a regulated framework for psilocybin-assisted therapy services, passed by voters in November 2020.
Colorado voters approved a measure decriminalizing certain psychedelics and directing the state to create a regulated access framework for therapeutic use.
