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Psilocybin mushrooms are ready for distribution in Uptown Fungus lab in Springfield, Ore., in August 2023.

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By DAN CLARK Times Union, Albany

October 2, 2025

New York lawmakers consider psychedelic psilocybin for medicinal purposes

ALBANY (TNS) — Only two states — Oregon and Colorado — allow psilocybin, the hallucinogenic in...

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