Oregon regulators have issued the state’s first-ever psychedelic edibles manufacturer license to Spiritus Oregon, a Milwaukie-based company that manufactures psilocybin edibles. The company offers its edibles under the Horizon Edibles brand, noting in a press release that its dark chocolate edibles were dosed with homogenized, dried mushrooms. This, they stated, had a nutty, earthy flavor.
According to its site, Spiritus provides white-label products and manufactures its own psilocybin edibles. It is also licensed as a commercial kitchen. Horizon Edibles president, Michael Briggs, stated that the company’s products were meant to be eaten. He added that their focus had been to make their products safer than consuming dried mushrooms.
On precise dosing, the company claims its standards permit a variation of only 0.2 mg and 0.5 mg on micro and large doses of psilocybin, respectively. At the state level, Oregon permits 20% variation in psilocybin doses in products. In its press release, Horizon noted that a deviation of this size could induce a totally unique experience for its consumers as well as patients.
Briggs explained that consumers needed to trust that they would have consistent experiences and that they would receive et exactly what they paid for. The company uses a sophisticated way to manufacture their psilocybin products, which begins by extracting psychoactive chemicals from the mushrooms and ensuring that the chitin is removed.
Chitin makes up the fiber that coats the mushrooms. Its removal enables easier digestion by consumers, eliminating the likelihood of gastrointestinal distress, which occurs when individuals consume dried mushrooms.
This latest license by the regulators comes after the Oregon Health Authority awarded its first manufacturer license to Satori Farms PDX LLC, a woman-owned business, in March of last year. The authority issued other types of licenses between April and May 2023, including Oregon’s first service center and psilocybin facilitator licenses. It also awarded the first license to test products in a laboratory.
In other news, a lawsuit filed against officials in Oregon argues that the state’s first-in-the-country psilocybin regulation discriminates against people with disabilities who can’t travel to service centers where the drug is administered. This, the plaintiffs noted, unfairly prevents these persons from accessing the drugs, which could benefit their well-being and health. Under the cited law, psilocybin services are provided strictly by licensed service centers, under the supervision of a facilitator.
Recently released reports also indicate that the state’s psilocybin centers may be finding it hard to attract paying clients, despite its legality and the huge interest in the program at its launch.
While entities in Oregon, such as Spiritus Oregon, are offering edible psilocybin products to qualifying clients, many enterprises such as Compass Pathways PLC (NASDAQ: CMPS) prefer developing therapeutics that can gain FDA approval and be commercialized. It remains to be seen which of these approaches will stand the test of time.
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