Bookmark this post for the latest news on the legal effort to secure psilocybin therapeutic use under State and Federal Right to Try (RTT) laws. Below are links to RTT facts and Acts (laws), legal briefs that have been filed in court, oral court arguments, the original press release that went out, and links to various news stories that have appeared. This post will be updated as new stories come online.
We have a great opportunity here to help advance this very needed therapeutic modality in contemporary hospice and palliative care.
AIMS Institute
Right-To-Try Facts & Acts
Facts About Right to Try
FDA RTT Fact Sheet
Washington State RTT Rev. Code 69.77
US Congress RTT Act
Filed Court Briefs
You are invited to read the briefs filed in US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by petitioners and amici (allies), that provide further details of the arguments set forth in support of this first-of-its-kind case under Right-To-Try legislation.
Petitioners Opening Brief
State’s and DC’s Amici Brief
Cato Institute’s & Goldwater Institute’s Brief of Amici Curiae
ACLU of Washington’s Amici Brief
End of Life Washington, et. al. Amici Brief
Law Professors’ and Bioethicists’ Amici Brief
Petitioner’s Reply Brief
Oral arguments of the case were submitted before a three-judge-panel on September 2, 2021 in the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
PRESS
Scientific American: Two Cancer Patients Battle To Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-cancer-patients-battle-to-make-psilocybin-accessible-for-palliative-care/
Podcast: My MBC Life: Three-part Series on Psilocybin Assisted Therapy
S04 E15: Healing Our Distress: The Potential of Psilocybin-assisted Therapy
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s04-e15-healing-our-distress-the-potential-of/id1525045428?i=1000566534777
My MBC Life: S04 E16: Psilocybin-assisted Therapy: Patient Experiences
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s04-e16-psilocybin-assisted-therapy-patient-experiences/id1525045428?i=1000568116011
My MBC Life: S04 E17: Psilocybin-assisted Therapy: One Patient vs. the DEA
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s04-e17-psilocybin-assisted-therapy-one-patient-vs-the-dea/id1525045428?i=1000569069785
DoubleBlind Mag: Seattle Decriminalizes Possession and Cultivation of Psychedelics https://doubleblindmag.com/seattle-decriminalizes-psychedelics
Law 360: DEA Letter On Psychedelics Is Agency Action, 9th Circ. Hears
https://www.law360.com/articles/1418413/dea-letter-on-psychedelics-is-agency-action-9th-circ-hears
Marijuana Moment: Washington Officials Join Cancer Patients In Federal Court Argument Pushing DEA To Allow Psilocybin Access
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/washington-officials-join-cancer-patients-in-federal-court-argument-pushing-dea-to-allow-psilocybin-access/
Rolling Stone: Can Psychedelics Help Make Dying Easier?
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/psychedelics-death-anxiety-psilocybin-1184240/
Maps of the Mind: Living in Peace: Cancer Patients Extralegally Seeking Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy Amid DEA Lawsuit
https://mapsofthemind.com/2021/07/13/cancer-patients-seeking-psilocybin-assisted-psychotherapy/
Podcast-6 Months or Less Episode 20: Open to More Awe: Suing the DEA for Access to Psilocybin
https://www.sixmonthsorlesspodcast.com/episodes
JD Supra: Psychedelics As Medicine: Right To Try Case Versus DEA
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/psychedelics-as-medicine-right-to-try-3580736
Marijuana Moment: 8 States Side With Cancer Patients In Psilocybin Lawsuit Against DEA
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/8-states-side-with-cancer-patients-in-psilocybin-mushroom-lawsuit-against-dea/
Inverse: Psilocybin: For the terminally ill, mushroom legality may come too late
https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/right-to-try-psilocybin-magic-mushrooms
Emerge Law Group: Opening Access to Psiloycybin Therapy for Seriously Ill Patients: The Petitioners Opening Brief in AIMS et al v DEA
https://emergelawgroup.com/2017/opening-access-to-psilocybin-therapy-for-seriously-ill-patients-the-petitioners-opening-brief-in-aims-et-al-v-dea/
Psychedelic Science Review: Psilocybin and the Will to Live
https://psychedelicreview.com/psilocybin-and-the-will-to-live/
Emerge Law Group: Right to Try
https://emergelawgroup.com/2017/right-to-try/
Marijuana Moment: Researchers Slam Drug War At Federally Hosted Psychedelics Event
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/researchers-slam-drug-war-at-federally-hosted-psychedelics-event/
New York Times: There Is a Lot of Fungus Among Us
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/business/there-is-a-lot-of-fungus-among-us.html
Seattle Times: Magic mushrooms for Washington patients? New push aims to speed psilocybin to those who are dying.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/new-legal-push-in-washington-state-aims-to-speed-magic-mushrooms-to-dying-patients/
Podcast-End of Life University (EOLU): Ep. 295 Psilocybin Therapy at End of Life: The Legal Case with Kathryn Tucker, JD
Learn about the legal effort to make psilocybin available as a transformative therapy at the end of life.
https://eolupodcast.com/2021/04/19/ep-295-psilocybin-therapy-at-end-of-life-the-legal-case-with-kathryn-tucker-jd/
Press Release: Nation’s First Legal Challenge to Allow Psilocybin Therapy in End-Of-Life Care Under “Right-To-Try” Laws Moves Forward
https://goteamtbg.com/dying-patients-need-access-to-psilocybin-for-anxiety-and-depression-relief/
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Physicians ask DEA to rethink ban of psilocybin
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/09/physicians-ask-dea-to-rethink-ban-on-psilocybin/
Clinician, Patients Take the Fight for Psilocybin To Court
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/clinician-patients-take-fight-psilocybin-to-court
Why Dying Patients Are Suing for Access to Magic Mushrooms
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Icf70e0e081e411eb835ee9025e2233da/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0&firstPage=true
Podcast-Mushroom Revival: Suing the DEA for Access to Psilocybin
https://www.mushroomrevival.com/blogs/podcast/suing-the-dea-for-access-to-psilocybin
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