In 2020, Oregon became the first state in the nation to allow the supervised use of psilocybin. Voters approved a measure that directed the Oregon Health Authority to develop a program of rules and regulations around the hallucinogen’s use.

Two and a half years later, the state is now accepting license applications for psilocybin facilitators, service centers, manufacturers and laboratories. The rollout has been rocky at times, with a major trainer for the program going bankrupt and several counties and municipalities opting out of the program. But the state’s first facilitators have graduated from training, and the first manufacturing licenses have now been issued.

We get an update on the rollout from Angie Allbee, manager of the psilocybin services section at OHA.