‘The Evergreen’: Should terminally ill patients receive in-home psilocybin? Some facilitators say yes

By Julie Sabatier (OPB) and Jane C. Hu
Dec. 9, 2024 2 p.m.
Tracy Kim Townsend rests in a seating area inside Project Circle on Oct. 23, 2024. Townsend co-founded the psilocybin service center and would like to see access to the drug expanded in Oregon.

Tracy Kim Townsend rests in a seating area inside Project Circle on Oct. 23, 2024. Townsend co-founded the psilocybin service center and would like to see access to the drug expanded in Oregon.

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Oregon law allows psilocybin therapy in licensed service centers. But what if you’re too sick to go to one? Could a licensed psilocybin facilitator come to your home and provide therapeutic services for you there? Oregon law says no. But a group of facilitators are now fighting to change that. Science journalist Jane C. Hu has been following an effort by four licensed facilitators to expand access to psilocybin therapy in Oregon and she brings us more details about this fascinating story.

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