006 | Courtney Barnes: The Road to Legalizing Psychedelics

Welcome, Courtney Barnes from Barnes Caplan LLP to the podcast! Courtney is a passionate criminal justice and drug policy reform advocate. Courtney serves as State Policy Advisor for Decriminalize Nature, and has extensive experience drafting and helping to implement state and local policy change relating to the regulation of cannabis and the decriminalization of psychedelics. In this episode we talk about:

• Courtneys impressive accomplishments in the space of cannabis and psychedelic advocacy
• Mistakes that happened with Cannabis and how cannabis is paving the way for psychedelics
• The primary issues that are most important for creating a future regulatory environment for psychedelics
• Equitable access and equitable opportunity
• Legalization vs. Decriminalization
• Importance of public knowledge and acceptance for the movement for psychedelics
• Why both the clinical therapeutic model and community access models will be beneficial upon legalization
• How Courtney got involved in decriminalization
• De-stigmatization around mental health with psychedelics
• The legality around microdosing and how to know if it’s legal in your country
• Legal hurdles for psychedelics
• Why Courtney continues to fight for the legalization of psychedelics
• How you can get involved in policy reform

Mentioned in the episode:

• Barnes Caplan LLP
• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
• Decriminalize Nature
• Oakland Community Healing Initiative
• Heroic Hearts Project

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