A major San Francisco Bay Area city is getting closer to decriminalizing magic mushrooms and ayahuasca – INSIDER

A major San Francisco Bay Area city is getting closer to decriminalizing magic mushrooms and ayahuasca  INSIDER

– Oakland, California Councilman Noel Gallo proposed a resolution to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and ayahuasca in the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. – Oakland’s City Council is scheduled to review the resolution on Tuesday. – If the resolution is passed in a vote, Oakland would become the second US city after Denver, Colorado, to decriminalize certain psychedelic drugs. – Denver voted to decriminalize psilocybin on May 7. – Visit INSIDER’s homepage for more stories. Oakland, California, could become the second city in the United States to…

Psychedelics, long ignored by scientists, seeing resurgence – San Francisco Chronicle

Psychedelics, long ignored by scientists, seeing resurgence  San Francisco Chronicle

UCSF psychiatrist Brian Anderson is studying an experimental therapy to help long-term AIDS survivors — people who were infected with HIV in the 1980s and never expected to live this long — who are feeling sad and demoralized. In a clinic outfitted with a comfortable couch, soft lighting, throw pillows and blankets, the participants of his study are given psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms. They lie down for a few hours, a mask over their eyes and soothing music playing in the background, and experience a psychedelic trip. The next day, they talk to Anderson or…