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Avery discussing Psilocybin Legislation in New York
Avery gave a talk at the “For the Love of Fungi” mushroom festival about advocacy in New York.
Allison Hoots participated in a discussion with SoundMind Institute on the bills in CO, NJ, and NY. Watch it here:
https://www.soundmind.institute/blog/psilocybin-bill-update-new-york-new-jersey-colorado
Avery’s article “A Brief Exploration of Psilocybin-Containing Mushrooms from the 1950’s to Today” has been published in the Mycohpile Quarterly 2nd Quarter edition. It starts on Page 50.
https://namyco.org/publications/mycophile
Watch our July Meeting video here: https://youtu.be/mNuF38Argbk?si=JQaNN8ANI3U0ff45
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COMING UP:
Next Meeting: Tuesday, August 13th 7pm. Guest Speaker: None
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Tuesday, September 10th 7pm, Guest Speaker: Assemblymember Amy Paulin, Sponsor of A10375
Planned Actions for the fall: Buffalo and New York City - do you want to help us bring people together for an evening of discussion following a screening of Reconsider’s short documentary films? Let us know! We will be putting together event committees for these two events during our August Meeting.
Activating New York’s Mushroom Farmers. We are setting up a meeting with New York’s mushroom farmers in order to build a coalition interest block that will help to ensure psilocybin-containing mushrooms become an agricultural crop to approved cultivators.
