{"id":1592,"date":"2022-11-09T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salzhauershortt.com\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2025-05-23T05:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T05:28:21","slug":"oregon-psilocybin-opt-out-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salzhauershortt.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/oregon-psilocybin-opt-out-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Psilocybin Opt-Out Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a sigh of relief for Oregon\u2019s burgeoning psilocybin industry both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240812195322\/https:\/\/jacksoncountyor.org\/clerk\/Elections\/Upcoming-Current-Elections\/General-Primary-Elections\/category\/election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deschutes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240812195322\/https:\/\/jacksoncountyor.org\/clerk\/Elections\/Upcoming-Current-Elections\/General-Primary-Elections\/category\/election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jackson County<\/a>\u00a0voters shot down local psilocybin opt-out measures. Both counties are potential hot spots for psilocybin service centers and retreats. Several counties and local municipalities in Oregon did however vote to ban psilocybin businesses in their jurisdiction, which is unsurprising as these localities voted heavily against Ballot Measure 109.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240812195322\/https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2022\/11\/09\/several-rural-oregon-counties-vote-against-therapeutic-use-of-psilocybin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oregon Public Broadcast<\/a>ing, counties voting in favor of opt-out measures include: Coos, Curry, Douglas, Klamath and Josephine. The following counties did not refer opt-out measures to local voters, and thereby automatically enrolled into the Measure 109 program: Benton, Columbia, Hood River, Lane, Lincoln, Multnomah, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill.<\/p>\n<h4>Business Implications<\/h4>\n<p>The result from Jackson County is a major victory for several well-known and capitalized psilocybin ventures that secured real estate prior to the opt-out election results. Several municipalities within Jackson County however did approve their own local bans or moratoriums, which includes Central Point, Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Rogue River, and Shady Cove. Accordingly, even if your proposed business is not located in an opt-out county, you must ensure that there is not a ban at the municipal level if you plan on opening a business within city limits.<\/p>\n<h4>Stay Apprised of TPM Restrictions<\/h4>\n<p>Even if your proposed business location is not located within an opt-out jurisdiction, you must remember that local governments are still working to develop local time, place, manner (TPM) regulations for psilocybin businesses. Most local governments will likely not promulgate psilocybin specific land use and zoning regulations until after the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) finalizes their administrative rules at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Psilocybin businesses as part of their license application to OHA must include a land use compatibility statement (LUCS) from their local jurisdiction confirming that the siting of the proposed business allowable as a permitted or conditional use within the zoning designation where the land is located. This creates a gray area for how localities will regulate psilocybin businesses in the time between the opening of license applications at the beginning of 2023 and finalization of local TPM regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Until promulgation of psilocybin specific TPM restrictions, many local governments will likely regulate psilocybin business the same way they regulate businesses \u201csimilar in nature.\u201d This was the proposal discussed at a recent meeting of the Multnomah County Planning Commission.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240812195322\/https:\/\/multco-web7-psh-files-usw2.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/FINAL%20Psilocybin%20Briefing%20Memo%2011.7.22_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A memo<\/a>\u00a0from the meeting explains that psilocybin production and processing facilities could be regulated the same as agricultural and farm processing establishments, and that psilocybin service center and testing sites could be regulated as professional service businesses.<\/p>\n<h4>Conclusion<\/h4>\n<p>The election results give some clarity to where psilocybin businesses can open shop in Oregon. Prospective entrepreneurs must however keep a look out for local TPM regulations and should be wary of investing in real estate until there is certainty that the proposed location will receive LUCS approval from the local government.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This post originally appeared on the Green Light Law Group Blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a sigh of relief for Oregon\u2019s burgeoning psilocybin industry both\u00a0Deschutes\u00a0and\u00a0Jackson County\u00a0voters shot down local psilocybin opt-out measures. Both counties are potential hot spots for psilocybin service centers and retreats. Several counties and local municipalities in Oregon did however vote to ban psilocybin businesses in their jurisdiction, which is unsurprising as these localities voted heavily  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[35,40,41],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-cannabis-blog","tag-news","tag-oregon","tag-psychedelics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.1 (Yoast SEO v25.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oregon Psilocybin Opt-Out Election Results Explained - SalzhauerShortt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oregon Psilocybin Opt-Out Election Results show a win for the industry as Deschutes and Jackson County reject opt-out measures.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/salzhauershortt.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/oregon-psilocybin-opt-out-election-results\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oregon Psilocybin Opt-Out Election Results\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oregon Psilocybin Opt-Out Election Results show a win for the industry as Deschutes and Jackson County reject opt-out measures.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/salzhauershortt.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/oregon-psilocybin-opt-out-election-results\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SalzhauerShortt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-09T14:05:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-23T05:28:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/salzhauershortt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Voting-people_779b3e1c2f.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"563\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Salzhauer &amp; 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