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Magic mushroom guides in Oregon face uncertain trip ahead
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In the last few weeks, dozens of students have graduated from schools in Oregon where they were trained to guide people through magic mushroom trips that can last as long as six hours. At one school, an alpaca farmer, a social worker, an ER nurse and a nutritionist were all in the same class, attempting to learn the tricks of a new trade.
But it will be a few months until any of them can legally practice what they've learned in their state — and once they can, there are open questions about how the psychedelics industry will shape up there.
"Our big mantra to students is, don't quit your day job," said Nathan Howard, the director of one facilitator school called InnerTrek, adding, "Yet."
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