Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB For years, critics have blamed Oregon’s 2020 ballot measure that decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs for the state’s rising crime and overdose rates. But a ...

A multisource observational study aimed to quantify the change in prevalence and health care utilization of psilocybin users between 2014 and 2023. The study found that the prevalence of psilocybin ...

Thailand, which decriminalized marijuana in 2022 — a first for the region — has reimposed restrictions on the drug. Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin signed an order this week to bar sales of ...

Use of psilocybin—the psychedelic compound found in "magic mushrooms"—has risen across the U.S. in all ages groups since the drug was partially decriminalized in 2019. The hallucinogen was ...

After a failed experiment with legal leniency, Oregon's liberal stronghold tries to chart a path out of the fentanyl crisis. Can the city find a balance between care and coercion?

A handful of natural psychedelics are decriminalized in Colorado, and psilocybin mushrooms are now commercially legal for therapeutic purposes. But, as with recreational cannabis, you should ...

Zohran Mamdani doesn’t highlight it in his campaign materials, but the 33-year-old mayoral candidate has endorsed a radical policy that would turn New York City into the nation’s first testing site ...