‘The attrition is setting in’: how Oregon’s magic mushroom experiment lost its way

December 12, 2025

Five years after legalizing psilocybin to treat a raft of health problems, practitioners worry the industry has become too costly, too white, and too regulated. Can the landmark program find its footing?

Jenna Kluwe remembers all the beautiful moments she saw in a converted dental clinic in east Portland.

For six months, she managed the Journey Service Center, a “psilocybin service center” where adults 21 and older take supervised mushroom trips. She watched elderly clients with terminal illnesses able to enjoy life again. She saw one individual with obsessive compulsive disorder so severe they spent hours washing their hands who could casually eat food that fell on the floor.

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Q&A: East Timor’s President Ramos-Horta on diplomacy, Gaza, and the West

'I am thoroughly disillusioned with the so-called international community': East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

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