Coverage dated October 20, 2026

1st state-licensed psychedelic-assisted therapy center opens in Pikes Peak Region

Headline from KRDO

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - It started in 2022 when Colorado voted to decriminalize the growing, distribution, and use of psilocybin and other plant-based psychedelic substances. Then, three years later, the state started licensing natural medicine, or natural health, centers that could use psyc…

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  1. FOX 21 Colorado Springs

    First psilocybin Therapy center in the Pikes Peak region (opens FOX 21 Colorado Springs)

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    FOX 21 Colorado Springs's feed description

    (MANITOU, Colo.) — Elevated Healing Center opened in mid-September in Manitou Springs, becoming the first state-licensed psilocybin healing center in the Pikes Peak Region. The facility offers supervised magic mushroom-assisted therapy using the psychedelic compound found in psilocybin mushrooms.

  2. KRDO

    1st state-licensed psychedelic-assisted therapy center opens in Pikes Peak Region (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - It started in 2022 when Colorado voted to decriminalize the growing, distribution, and use of psilocybin and other plant-based psychedelic substances. Then, three years later, the state started licensing natural medicine, or natural health, centers that could use psyc…

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