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By Kate Ruderfrom KFF Health News Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first “healing centers,” where the mushrooms can be ingested under supervision, in late spring or early summer. The dawn of state-regulated psychedelic mushrooms has arrived in Colorado, nearly two years since Oregon began offering them. The mushrooms are a Schedule I drug and illegal under federal law except for clinical research. But more than a dozen cities nationwide have decriminalized or decriminalized them in the past few years, and many eyes are turned toward Oregon’s and Colorado’s state-regulated programs. “In...

It is a wonderful moment to tune into our wellness practices and strategies around getting or staying well in the coming seasons. Broths and mineral-rich infusions are the foundation of my autumn and wintertime rituals of immunity and nourishment.  Bone broth or vegetable broth made from all the scrap ends of your carrots, onions, celery, mushroom stems are an amazing base to not only soups but even sautés and smoothies. Add in some garlic, reishi and astragalus root (to the broth as you’re making it) and you have yourself an ultra-potent medicinal broth.  A kitchen staple that I choose to not...

Mail ballots will be arriving soon. The November 2 ballot for voters in Saguache County will have three statewide questions and two local initiatives. Proposition 119 proposes an increase to recreational marijuana sales tax at a state level. The funds, if approved, would go toward supplemental after-school programming. The measure represents an increase of 5% by 2024 on the state’s current 15% sales tax on recreational marijuana.  Proponents would raise an estimated $137 million annually for tutoring programs, mental health care, career training and more, for children. Marijuana groups worried about effects Marijuana Industry Group has issued a statement opposing the measure,...