March 2025 Psychedelic Law Update

Denver Finalizes Local NMHA Licensing Ordinance

The Denver City Counsel recently passed, and Mayor Johnson signed, a new law creating regulations for NMHA businesses in Denver. The new law adopts the state of Colorado’s rules for natural medicine and establishes a city license for healing centers run by non-clinical facilitators (healing centers run by clinical facilitators do not need a local license). Cultivating, manufacturing and testing facilities do not need a city license. Healing centers are not permitted within 1,000 feet of child care centers and schools. There are no new zoning districts in Denver for NMHA businesses, so your business would need to be consistent with existing uses allowed in various zone districts (so medical or office uses for healing centers, plant husbandry for cultivation, and industrial zoning for manufacturing facilities). The new ordinance can be found here.

Denver expects the new licenses to be available by June. Local rules continue to be passed or considered in each town/county. Contact us if you want to discuss your local zoning situation or the new Denver rules.

April 2, 2025 Meet and Greet for NMHA Licensees

Join McAllister Law Office, Healing Advocacy Fund, and the National Psychedelic Association are hosting a meet and greet for current and potential licensees in the NMHA program to get to know each other. The event is April 2, 2025 from 6-830pm in Denver. Registration can be found here.

State Enforcement Against Decrim Projects: April 17, 2025 Webinar on Decriminalization Provisions of NMHA

The state of Colorado has created a new process to complain about businesses advertising or selling natural medicines illegally. See here. The first consumer alert has been issues about an allegedly illegal/unregulated projects in CO. See here. This is one of the hottest topics in Colorado – what kind of work can be done in the decriminalized environment of Colorado’s NMHA? Can licensed facilitators also do work in the unregulated area? What are the limits of being paid for harm reduction services while giving away natural medicines? What enforcement actions have the state taken either under criminal and civil law? What are the best practices? This webinar will discuss all of these issues and provide a liability waiver and consent form for doing work in the decriminalized area (a $450 value on its own). The webinar is $250 and you can register by making a payment here. Please note in the payment details “April 17th webinar” and Lydia Greene will follow up with registration details. You can buy a recording of the webinar also for the same price.  

NMHA Applications, SOPs, Consent Forms, and Liability Waiver Forms

McAllister Law is helping applicants in the Colorado Natural Medicine program develop the numerous standard operating procedures, consent forms, and other plans required by the rules. Sean has developing flat fee SOPs and forms at an affordable cost to help satisfy all the requirements under the rules. For more information, see these lists of forms and cost: for healing centers/facilitators click here, for cultivation/manufacturing SOPs click here.