Psilocybin mushrooms, the psychedelic underground & community care in Oregon | Superabundant S2 E6 

Psilocybin mushrooms took center stage in Oregon with the passage of Measure 109 in 2020, launching the state to the forefront in the national conversation around psilocybin-assisted therapy. But the state’s history with psychedelic fungi goes way back, with an enduring and thriving underground that’s now bursting into the daylight.
Oregon’s wet and woody climate is paradise for mushrooms of all kinds and many psilocybin-containing species thrive here-including some of the world’s most potent. Psychoactive fungi have shared ecosystems with humans for a very long time and many now are rediscovering this relationship, which could promise new mental health treatments but also raises questions about safety, efficacy and legality.
For the mycologists, facilitators and psychonauts who form the grassroots network, however, what's most healing is the community and aftercare following each trip. #Superabundant #OPB #Psilocybin #Psilocybe #Fungi #Measure109 #magicmushrooms #mycology
0:00 Adventure time
0:30 “The only thing to do is to let go.”
0:50 Ground floor of industry
1:30 Pacific Northwest psilocybe species
2:14 Deadly lookalike
2:49 The blue color is the point
3:26 Psilocybin chemical theory
4:35 Relational medicine
5:54 “So hard to language what happens.”
6:37 Psychedelic integration
7:47 Reimagining chronic pain
8:37 Oregon Measure 109
9:03 Appropriating Mesoamerican knowledge
9:54 Oregon’s counterculture
10:24 The psychedelic Wild West
11:00 Real potential dangers
11:37 Enter TrypLabs
12:38 Analyzing mushroom potency
13:23 A larger underground network
13:49 “What’s most healing is community.”
14:32 Gratitude for OPB’s audiences
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