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HAS COVID CHANGED ATTITUDES ABOUT DRUGS?

The New York Times suggests Oregon’s upcoming ballot initiatives to decriminalize all drugs and allow psilocybin therapy are emblematic of society revisiting old assumptions and stigmas about illegal drugs:

“The pandemic has only highlighted and intensified the need for new options,” said Sam Chapman, the campaign manager for [the psilocybin initiative]…“We all know someone who is suffering,” Mr. Chapman said.

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