With the Approved Facilitator Training Programs (AFTP) rules in effect as of June 30, The Office of Natural Medicine Licensure (the "Office") has opened applications for AFTP. These are the first applications available under...more
7/12/2024
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Nearly fifteen months after Colorado voters approved the Natural Medicine Health Act, the public got its first glimpse of draft rules that will govern the regulated psychedelics program created by the Act. In February’s...more
4/8/2024
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Coming into the sixth month of work, Colorado’s regulated natural medicine program is starting to take shape. Answers to big-picture questions – such as what the scope of practice for a licensed facilitator is, and whether...more
10/23/2023
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Vicente LLP is proud to collaborate with Psychedelic Alpha—an independent newsletter and community in the field of psychedelics—on the Colorado Natural Medicine Health Act Tracker, which includes high-level statistics,...more
Colorado voters approved Proposition 122, the Natural Medicine Health Act (NMHA), in the 2022 general election. On May 2, 2023, the Colorado Legislature passed SB23-290, the formal implementation bill for Proposition 122....more
5/31/2023
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SB23-290, the formal implementation bill for the Natural Medicine Health Act, passed its third reading in the Colorado Senate on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. If passed, SB23-290 would replace Proposition 122.
Since its...more
In a previous article, we explored one potential current opportunity for entrepreneurs interested in psychedelics and mycelium—producing non-psychoactive mushroom supplements. But are there any current commercial...more
5/31/2022
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Aside from a small number of companies the FDA has permitted to pursue the development of psilocybin therapies (e.g., Compass), the majority of psychedelic mushroom sales in the U.S. currently violate both state and federal...more
12/3/2021
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