Oregon has issued a license under its new system that offers controlled use of psilocybin to the public. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has issued the state’s first psilocybin license as part of the nation’s first regulatory framework for psilocybin services. The Oregon Health Authority announced that it had issued a manufacturer license to Satori Farms PDX LLC. Oregon Psilocybin Services began accepting applications for four license types in January.
The role of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) is to license psilocybin facilitators, manufacturers, service centers and laboratories, while ensuring that those licensees and their workers comply with Oregon law. There are many applications waiting. More than 220 license and worker permit applications have been submitted to Oregon Psilocybin Services so far. The 2020 elections placed it on the ballrot.
Voters in the state approved legalizing the therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms. Oregon Psilocybin Services says it will take time for all four license types — manufacturing, lab, service centers and facilitators — to become licensed and set up operations. An entire system and process has been put in place. Earlier this month, the first students trained in accompanying patients tripping on psychedelic mushrooms graduated during a ceremony held by InnerTrek, a Portland firm.
All must be certified. Students must pass a final exam to receive InnerTrek certificates and then take a test administered by the Oregon Health Authority to receive facilitator licenses. The manufacturer license was issued to a woman-owned business, Satori Farms PDX LLC, owned by Tori Armbrust. As the nation celebrates Women’s History Month, this woman-owned business will bring communities one step closer towards accessing psilocybin services in Oregon.
This year is big for legalized Psilocybin. OPS began accepting applications for the four license types on January 2, 2023. OPS expects to issue additional licenses to laboratories, service centers and facilitators in the coming months. For the latest updates, subscribe to the Oregon Psilocybin Services distribution list at: oregon.gov/psilocybin
