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  2. Psilocybin is a psychedelic drug produced naturally by psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as "magic mushrooms". [4] In the United States, it is federally classified as a Schedule I controlled substance that has "no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse." [5] The drug was banned by the 1970 Controlled Substances Act. [6]

  3. Legal status of psilocybin mushrooms - Wikipedia

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    In other jurisdictions, they are banned because they are items that are used in drug manufacture. A few jurisdictions (such as the US states of California, [8] Georgia, [9] and Idaho [10]) have specifically prohibited the sale and possession of psilocybin mushroom spores. Cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms is considered drug manufacture in ...

  4. Drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, about 572,000, over 44%, of the 1.3 million people in these state jails, were serving time for drug offenses. 728,000 were incarcerated for violent offenses. [ 78 ] The data from Federal Bureau of Prisons online statistics page states that 45.9% of prisoners were incarcerated for drug offenses, as of December 2021.

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  6. The DEA Wants To Ban Scientifically 'Crucial' Psychedelics ...

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    The agency claims DOI and DOC have "a high potential for abuse" because they resemble other drugs it has placed in Schedule I.

  7. Drug liberalization - Wikipedia

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    A sign for a cannabis shop in Portland, Oregon.Cannabis has been gradually legalized for recreational use in some U.S. states since 2012.. Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing, legalizing, or repealing laws that prohibit the production, possession, sale, or use of prohibited drugs.

  8. The movement to legalize psychedelics comes with high hopes ...

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    She had to pay a $500 application fee to open the service center, $10,000 for the annual license, about $18,000 for insurance, more than $5,000 for security equipment, and thousands for lawyers to ...

  9. History of United States drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    Efforts to regulate the sale of pharmaceuticals began around 1860, and laws were introduced on a state-to-state basis that created penalties for mislabeling drugs, adulterating them with undisclosed narcotics, and improper sale of those considered "poisons". Poison laws generally either required labels on the packaging indicating the harmful ...