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Americans With Life-Threatening conditions Deserve the Right to Psilocybin Therapy Now!

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Posted on May 10, 2022August 2, 2022

May 9 Recap

On May 9, 2022, we demonstrated for nearly 4 hours outside of the DEA HQ, which resulted in 17 arrests for trespassing.


This 5 minute film was produced by reconsider:

Click here to watch “Right to Try Psilocybin: Demonstration at DEA HQ (May 9, 2022)” on Vimeo


This 4 minute film was produced by Susan Rockefeller:

Click here to watch “DEA: Stop Blocking Terminally Ill Patients From Legally Accessing Psilocyin Therapy” on Facebook


For those unable to join us in person, here’s the livestream:

Click here to watch the live stream on Facebook


PRESS:

  • The Hill – Activists demanding psilocybin for terminally ill patients arrested outside DEA headquarters
  • Marijuana Moment – Psychedelics Activists Arrested At DEA Headquarters Amid Protest Over Psilocybin Access For Terminal Patients
  • Leafly – Protestors of psilocybin ban arrested at DEA headquarters
  • Outlaw Report – Activists Urging Psilocybin Access For Terminally Ill Patients Arrested At DEA Headquarters
  • Lucid News – Protests at DEA for Medical Psilocybin Lead to Arrests
  • High Times – Psilocybin Protestors Arrested Outside of DEA Headquarters
  • Bloomberg Government – Hunt for Psychedelic Mushrooms Faces DEA Hurdle to Right to Try

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RECENT NEWS

  • TIME: Dying Patients Are Fighting for Access to Psychedelics
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  • Psychedelic Spotlight: DEA Under Pressure from Terminally Ill “Right to Try” Psychedelic Advocates
  • The Intercept: Biden Administration Plans For Legal Psychedelic Therapies within Two Years
  • High Times: Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Give ‘Right to Try’ Protection to Psilocybin and MDMA
  • Endpoints News: Unlikely duo leads bipartisan Senate bill to expand Right to Try into MDMA and psilocybin
  • Marijuana Moment: DEA May Find Itself In Federal Court Again Over Refusal To Provide Psilocybin Access To Terminally Ill Patients
  • Scientific American: Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care
  • The Hill: Activists demanding psilocybin for terminally ill patients arrested outside DEA headquarters
  • Marijuana Moment: Psychedelics Activists Arrested At DEA Headquarters Amid Protest Over Psilocybin Access For Terminal Patients
  • Leafly: Protestors of psilocybin ban arrested at DEA headquarters
  • Outlaw Report: Activists Urging Psilocybin Access For Terminally Ill Patients Arrested At DEA Headquarters
  • Lucid News: Protests at DEA for Medical Psilocybin Lead to Arrests
  • High Times: Psilocybin Protestors Arrested Outside of DEA Headquarters
  • Bloomberg Government: Hunt for Psychedelic Mushrooms Faces DEA Hurdle to Right to Try

Timeline, Briefs, and Correspondence with DEA:

01/15/21 - Letter to DEA
02/12/21 - Response from DEA
03/08/21 - Petition to Review
05/14/21 - Petitioners Opening Brief
05/21/21 - Amici Brief from the Attorney Generals of Washington, Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, and the District of Columbia
05/21/21 - Amici Brief from the Cato Institute and the Goldwater Institute
05/21/21 - Amici Brief from the American Civil Liberties Association (ACLU) of Washington State
05/21/21 - Amici Brief from End of Life Washington, et. al.
05/21/21 - Law Professors and Bioethicists Amici Brief
07/23/21 - Petition’s Reply Brief
10/21/21 - Letter to Senator Murray from Erinn Baldeschwiler
01/18/22 - Letter from 7 members of Congress
1/31/22 - Opinion of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
02/02/22 - Petition for Waiver
02/10/22 - Letter to DEA on Access to Psilocybin for Limited Therapeutic Use Under State and Federal Right to Try
03/31/22 - Freedom of Information Act Request to the DEA
7/19/22 - Lawsuit challenging DEA’s unlawful pattern and practice in responding to FOIA requests
7/22/22 - Introduction of the Right to Try Clarification Act in Congress
7/22/22 - Petition for Review with the Ninth Circuit (AIMS v DEA II)
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