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On this episode of Psychedelica Lex, I make another guest appearance in the Maricopa County Library's ongoing "Know Your Rights" series of public service recordings.  In this interview I discuss some of the basics of American Cannabis history.   You can view it HERE.

In this latest installment of Psychedelica Lex, I have the pleasure of interviewing fellow member of the Psychedelic Bar Association, Marc Goldgrub. Marc is the founding lawyer at the boutique Toronto-based law firm Green Economy Law Professional Corporation. The firm specializes in work with green [...]

In this installment of Psychedelica Lex, I cover the top psychedelic news from April 2022. If you didn't have time to keep up on the latest, I have you covered! Come check out the episode HERE.

In March 2022, I was invited to makes a guest appearance on Legal Beagle.  Host, Jonathan Negretti, Esq., and I discuss all things psychedelic. {Well, maybe not literally ALL things.   You get the idea...} To watch:  https://youtu.be/p9IzAqWkjOk To listen:  https://anchor.fm/legalbeagle/episodes/Legal-Beagle-Podcast-The-Future-of-Psychedelics-with-Gary-Smith-e1g1q1r

In this latest episode of Psychedelica Lex, I interview Kathryn Tucker, Esq. about her ongoing work on behalf of AIMS Institute, seeking "Right to Try" approval for DEA to permit AIMS physicians and their terminally ill cancer patients to use experimental psilocybin. You can watch [...]

In this latest installment of Psychedelica Lex, I clean out of my psychedelic inbox, and share with you a survey of the latest psychedelic news of early 2022. You can watch the episode HERE.

In this latest installment of Psychedelica Lex, I assist the Maricopa County Library system in its ongoing citizen education lecture series, Know Your Rights.   In this short Q&A, I teach about Arizona's adult use marijuana home cultivation law. Watch the episode HERE.  

I had been promising the publication of my next book since summer.  The cover art took a little longer than expected, but the book is done and available now on Amazon. Psychedelic Arizona is a whimsical, informative, full color, illustrated tour of Arizona's many connections [...]

In this episode of Psychedelica Lex, fellow entheogen attorney, Greg Lake, and I co-present on psychedelic religion at the Cannadelic Conference in Miami, Florida. Our topic is God and Mushrooms, and we provide a survey of the current state of United States law at the [...]

On this episode of Psychedelica Lex, I interview entheogen attorneys Allison Hoots and Sean McAllister regarding the new Religious Freedom Restoration Act manual published by Chacruna.  Under Allison's authorship, the FREE manual is 80 pages of researched and annotated scholarship regarding the current state of [...]

The February issue of Arizona Attorney features another article I authored, Exploring the Psychedelic Frontier: The Terminally Ill and the Right to Try.   In it, I explain psylocibin’s medical benefits and why Arizona’s Attorney General joined several states in appealing a Drug Enforcement Administration decision to [...]

In early January 2022, Jon Dennis, Esq. returned to Psychedelica Lex to give us an update on happenings with Oregon Psilocybin Initiative - Measure 109. The program is a year away from official launch, and so much left to do!! Copme watch the episode HERE. [...]