Statement Regarding the Oregon Health Authority’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Submitted by the Religious Use Committee of the Psychedelic Bar Association
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Psychedelic Bar Association The Psychedelic Bar Association (PBA) is an association of attorneys and legal professionals dedicated to solving the novel legal and policy issues impacting the emerging psychedelics sector. The PBA Religious Use Committee provides expertise around the intersections of law, policy, psychedelics, and religion. The PBA Religious Use Committee offers this Statement of Concerns regarding the proposed regulations governing the Oregon Psilocybin Service Act (“the Act”). At the outset of our statement, we express our full support for the Oregon Health Authority’s (“OHA”) interest in and commitment to promulgating thorough regulations that provide for the safe administration of psilocybin-facilitated mystical experiences; preventing diversion into illicit markets; and ensuring the expeditious rollout of the regulations by the end of the year to comply with the Act. Measure 109 was a breakthrough in state law, providing the nation’s first statutory framework for the supervised, adult use of psilocybin. The statute promised voters an alternative to the medical and therapeutic models for healing by providing supported adult use of psilocybin. An established and critical component of adult use of psilocybin is religious use. THE STATUTE PROMISED VOTERS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MEDICAL AND THERAPEUTIC MODELS FOR HEALING BY PROVIDING SUPPORTED ADULT USE OF PSILOCYBIN. AN ESTABLISHED AND CRITICAL COMPONENT OF ADULT USE OF PSILOCYBIN IS RELIGIOUS USE. Religious/Spiritual Community Use Is Currently Unprotected under State and Federal Law Many religious communities have worked tirelessly to secure the freedom to use religious sacraments that contain psychedelics. Yet this freedom is far from secure. Currently, no state or federal law protects religious communities or practitioners who utilize psilocybin from being prosecuted by Oregon law enforcement. As charitable non-profit organizations, most if not all of these communities and practitioners lack the resources to hire attorneys to secure their rights. Measure 109 promised to welcome…

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