{"id":255,"date":"2026-05-12T18:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:35:47","slug":"psychedelic-crisis-training-coming-to-first-responders-across-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Psychedelic crisis training coming to first responders across Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First responders across Colorado will soon have access to training designed specifically to bolster psychedelic crisis response and intervention.<\/p>\n

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The training, developed by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelics Studies (MAPS), seeks to provide emergency responders with education, de-escalation practices, and other tools they can use when interacting with individuals experiencing altered states of consciousness \u2014 all of which can help reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and arrests as well as trauma often associated with these types of interactions, the organization said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Colorado\u2019s Natural Medicine Division recently announced a partnership with MAPS to disseminate the Psychedelic Crisis Assessment and Intervention training to local police, firefighters, and emergency medical agencies across the state. The curriculum\u2019s video lessons and assessments will be made available for free by mid-June.<\/p>\n

Though the training is not mandatory, it brings regulators in line with statute, which dictates they develop and promote training resources for frontline emergency professionals to use amidst broader drug policy reform.<\/p>\n

Topics covered in the training include the psychological and physiological effects of ingesting psychedelic substances like psilocybin, which is one compound in \u201cmagic mushrooms\u201d; potential adverse effects of psilocybin; and best practices and techniques for assessing, de-escalating and managing psychedelic crises, also known as harm reduction. Education also\u00a0addresses legal considerations and the evolving role of first responders in a changing policy environment.<\/p>\n

Over the last several years, regulators have heard from people both in the first responder and law enforcement communities, as well as stakeholders and industry advocates, that access to this kind of training is important.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to empower emergency professionals with knowledge grounded in evidence and compassion, so they can respond effectively and humanely when encountering individuals in altered states,\u201d Allison Robinette, director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs for the natural medicine and marijuana enforcement divisions, said in a statement. \u201cThis training and collaboration is a vital step in our ongoing commitment to uphold public safety for individuals accessing natural medicine in the regulated space and in the personal use space.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The partnership comes two years after MAPS worked with the City of Denver to train first responders using the same curriculum. The Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel originally commissioned MAPS to develop the training after the Mile High City became the nation\u2019s first to effectively decriminalize \u201cmagic mushrooms\u201d in 2019. It took three years and more than 20 experts, both at MAPS and beyond, to create the curriculum.<\/p>\n

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