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Public commenter asks Pitkin County health board to help collect local data on psychedelics as statewide rules change
Summary
Martha Hamill of the Aspen Psychedelic Resource Center asked the board to collaborate on data collection and incident reporting after Colorado’s Natural Medicine Health Act decriminalized plant‑based psychedelics and paved the way for psilocybin clinics opening in January 2025.
Martha Hamill, co‑founder and executive director of the Aspen Psychedelic Resource Center, used the Board of Health public comment period on Oct. 10 to ask Pitkin County Public Health to partner on systematic data collection about local psychedelic use and related incidents as Colorado implements the Natural Medicine Health Act.
"It's really important that people do this mindfully, and that anyone who's choosing to have a relationship with these medicines is able to effectively assess risk," Hamill said, introducing her organization and requesting help developing a community survey and an incident reporting pathway. She said the center has been collaborating with Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety on survey design and called for a central place for incident reports beyond…
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