The Psychedelic League was formed to address a glaring problem — local governments have insufficient information about emerging state-regulated psychedelic programs and the dramatic impact that psychedelic businesses can have on the health and wellness of their communities.
Joseph M. Shapiro, Esq. recognized this probem through his work as an attorney representing cannabis businesses that routinely ran into issues with their host communities stemming from a lack of information about that emerging industry.
Sara T. Price BSN, RN, NC-BC recognized this problem from within the healthcare system during her years of experience caring for patients who did not have access to the healing benefits of psychedelic therapies within their own communities.
Joseph and Sara formed the Psychedelic League to facilitate conversations between local governments and reputable psychedelic-business experts, and to produce non-partisan, real-world insights about psychedelic businesses tailored to local leaders across the county.
They’re dedicated to addressing the problem that brought them together for all states with emerging state-regulated psychedelic programs — including New Jersey, Colorado, and beyond.
Co-Founders
Joseph Shapiro, Esq.
Joseph is a practicing attorney with more than 15 years experience representing clients in federal, state, and local matters. He is a Partner at the law firm of Middlebrooks Shapiro, P.C. located in Springfield, New Jersey.
Joseph regularly represents clients in federal and state reorganization, liquidation, and litigation matters, and serves as an assignee for the benefit of creditors.
Joseph also represents businesses and physicians in licensing, business, and regulatory compliance matters in the cannabis and psychedelic fields. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) and is a co-founder and co-chair of its Psychedelic Law Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Psychedelic Bar Association.
He writes on drug policy issues, such as A case for legalizing therapeutic psychedelics and Beyond Cannabis in the Garden State: New Jersey's Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act, and is pro bono counsel to physician amici in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals matter of AIMS v. DEA relating to the rescheduling of psilocybin.
Joseph lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Sara T. Price BSN, RN, NC-BC
Sara has almost 20 years experience in health care. She spent the first 15 years of her nursing career as a Neonatal Intensive Case Unit (ICU) Nurse where her areas of passion were developmental and bereavement care.
After stepping away from from a hospital-based care setting, Sara was guided to offer private practice functional nurse coaching and Kambo, which she continues to offer through her company Flourish Health.
In 2019 Sara was introduced to psychedelics and was able to experience their beauty and transformative healing first hand. Sara has spent the next 5 years extensively exploring plant, fungi, and amphibian medicines through ceremonial and self-guided use and believes that every person has the right to explore these medicines in a safe and supported manner.
Sara’s intention in co-founding the Psychedelic League is to provide her insights into psilocybin and plant medicines to local governments, to expand their understanding of their healing power, and to introduce community leaders to reputable businesses which can offer safe and effective access to their communities.
Sara lives in Denver, Colorado.
Board of Advisors
Denise Rue, LCSW
Natalie Lupiani
Neal Usatin
Dan McKillop, Esq.
James Barood
Lance Cutsforth