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Oregon Psilocybin Fans Aim To Legalize

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"Liberty cap" psilocybin mushrooms.

The experiments with hallucinogenic drugs years ago were meant to find out if they had therapeutic uses... could LSD and its relatives help people? 

The answers were never made definitive, because the federal government put the psychedelics on the most restrictive list of drugs in the country. 

Now a group here, the Oregon Psilocybin Society, is exploring getting psilocybin ("magic mushrooms") legalized for use.  Tom and Sheri Eckert of the OPS visit.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is an editor and reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a news host and regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio.