A newly filed federal lawsuit against Oregon officials says the state’s first-in-the-nation psilocybin law discriminates against disabled individuals who can’t travel to designated service centers where the substance is administered, unfairly depriving them of potential benefits to health and well-being.
Under state law, “the provision of psilocybin services is explicitly restricted to licensed service centers under the supervision of a psilocybin service facilitator,” says the 11-page complaint, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Oregon. “Because services may only be provided at licensed service centers, many disabled and terminally ill individuals—those who would benefit from access to psilocybin the most—are denied access to those services because their physical condition prevents them from travelling for treatment.”
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