President Joe Biden’s revolutionary proposal to move marijuana to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act might mean the end of more than 50 years of “failed policy” as well as new opportunities in science and business.
But such a move wouldn’t change the federal government’s classification of psilocybin as more dangerous than the fentanyl fueling the country’s overdose crisis.
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Psilocybin – the psychoactive ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms – is another increasingly popular drug with tremendous therapeutic potential and virtually no potential for fatal overdoses.
Rescheduling mushrooms
The Controlled Substances Act still classifies psilocybin mushrooms as a Schedule 1 drug – the same designation currently shared by marijuana.
And in the same paradox that’s bamboozled marijuana researchers and reform advocates, it is
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