Three more state-level psychedelic bills in the works: MO, MA, and NY
A growing number of state legislators aim to introduce psychedelic legalization bills to their respective Houses of Representatives and Senates. Let's take a look at some of the latest proposals.
Missouri Bill: Psilocybin Therapy for Eligible PatientsAfter advising him on his plans, Rep. Tony Lovasco eventually introduced HB 869 to legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy.
The measure would allow patients with PTSD, severe depression and end-of-life anxiety, as well as people with other mental health indications who have been underserved by current treatment options use natural psychedelic treatments.
Access would require a doctor's referral, and the state's Department of Health and Senior Services would regulate everything related to providing therapy to the psilocybin.
Bill includes "trigger language" that would expand treatment accessibility to adults over 21, should psilocybin be deferred under federal substance law controlled (CTA.)
Rep. Lovasco believes his proposal is "a first step in addressing widespread mental health crises by creating access to clinically validated therapies", adding that he is "particularly encouraged" by clinical research suggesting psilocybin as a tool to do so. in the face of the state's opiate addiction crisis. /p> Massachusetts: Companion Bills decriminalizing entheogenic substances
State lawmakers have introduced companion bills to decriminalize several psychedelic substances for adults over 18.
Bill HD 1450 would legalize the possession, use, cultivation, donation and transportation of up to two grams (net weight) of psilocybin, psilocin, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline by adults 18 years and older without financial gain.
Senate Bill SD.949 reaffirms the call for an end to the prosecution of adults over the age of 18 for possession of personal amounts of the same scheduled psychedelic substances.
Together, the bills would amend Massachusetts' general law "Section 50: Entheogenic Plants and Fungi".
Now a third proposal focused on harm reduction, Bill HD 2741, would change state law to replace criminal penalties for drug possession with a drug test of health and needs, prioritizing the individual's self-identification need to be referred to appropriate services.
New York: the third proposal goes towards a broader reformAfter introducing bills calling for the deprogramming and legalization of psychedelics and pilot programs for psilocybin and MDMA-assisted therapy, a new measure aims to decriminalize the possession of personal amounts of drugs and to create a task force for other potential harm reduction reforms, as reported by Marijuana Moment.
Senate Bill S2340 states that drug abuse is still considered a "moral failure" and "a crime" and therefore people with drug-related disorders with substance use (TUS) are not treated with the same compassion and care as others with other health conditions "like cancer or an anxiety disorder".
This also refers to the ineffectiveness of criminalizing people with SUD in terms of preventing drug abuse as well...
A growing number of state legislators aim to introduce psychedelic legalization bills to their respective Houses of Representatives and Senates. Let's take a look at some of the latest proposals.
Missouri Bill: Psilocybin Therapy for Eligible PatientsAfter advising him on his plans, Rep. Tony Lovasco eventually introduced HB 869 to legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy.
The measure would allow patients with PTSD, severe depression and end-of-life anxiety, as well as people with other mental health indications who have been underserved by current treatment options use natural psychedelic treatments.
Access would require a doctor's referral, and the state's Department of Health and Senior Services would regulate everything related to providing therapy to the psilocybin.
Bill includes "trigger language" that would expand treatment accessibility to adults over 21, should psilocybin be deferred under federal substance law controlled (CTA.)
Rep. Lovasco believes his proposal is "a first step in addressing widespread mental health crises by creating access to clinically validated therapies", adding that he is "particularly encouraged" by clinical research suggesting psilocybin as a tool to do so. in the face of the state's opiate addiction crisis. /p> Massachusetts: Companion Bills decriminalizing entheogenic substances
State lawmakers have introduced companion bills to decriminalize several psychedelic substances for adults over 18.
Bill HD 1450 would legalize the possession, use, cultivation, donation and transportation of up to two grams (net weight) of psilocybin, psilocin, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline by adults 18 years and older without financial gain.
Senate Bill SD.949 reaffirms the call for an end to the prosecution of adults over the age of 18 for possession of personal amounts of the same scheduled psychedelic substances.
Together, the bills would amend Massachusetts' general law "Section 50: Entheogenic Plants and Fungi".
Now a third proposal focused on harm reduction, Bill HD 2741, would change state law to replace criminal penalties for drug possession with a drug test of health and needs, prioritizing the individual's self-identification need to be referred to appropriate services.
New York: the third proposal goes towards a broader reformAfter introducing bills calling for the deprogramming and legalization of psychedelics and pilot programs for psilocybin and MDMA-assisted therapy, a new measure aims to decriminalize the possession of personal amounts of drugs and to create a task force for other potential harm reduction reforms, as reported by Marijuana Moment.
Senate Bill S2340 states that drug abuse is still considered a "moral failure" and "a crime" and therefore people with drug-related disorders with substance use (TUS) are not treated with the same compassion and care as others with other health conditions "like cancer or an anxiety disorder".
This also refers to the ineffectiveness of criminalizing people with SUD in terms of preventing drug abuse as well...
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