Backers of legalizing psilocybin weigh referendum
A national drug policy group [New Approach PAC] that helped legalize… psilocybin in Oregon and Colorado is now eyeing the Massachusetts ballot with a proposal that would ask voters to authorize the so-called “magic mushrooms” for mental health therapies… On Beacon Hill [Massachusetts], state lawmakers are considering several legislative proposals that call for legalizing psilocybin…
[Ben] Unger said if backers move ahead with a referendum it would… seek… to “expand mental health treatment options in Massachusetts by providing new pathways to access natural psychedelic medicine therapy” and work on “removing criminal penalties for personal possession of these medicines.” In November [2022], Colorado voters approved a law legalizing the drug in therapeutic settings and authorizing regulators to create rules for a new “psychedelics” industry. It also decriminalizes the “personal use” of the substances, allowing adults 21 and older to possess and grow psychedelic mushrooms in their own homes.
Original Article (Salem News):
Backers of legalizing psilocybin weigh referendum
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