Psychedelics Legalization

Michael Pollan, the celebrated food reform advocate, stirred controversy this week after sharing an article on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in The American Conservative. In a recent interview with Politico, Pollan discussed the nuances of his views on RFK Jr., especially when it comes to Kennedy's stance...

New Hampshire lawmakers voted decisively against House Bill 1693, a proposed measure aimed at establishing a state-regulated therapeutic psychedelic program. The bill, which sought to allow the use of psilocybin, mescaline and LSD to treat mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD...

New Jersey is making significant strides toward legalizing psychedelic-assisted therapy, as the state's Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act advanced through the Senate Budget Committee on Monday. As reMind reported, this move marks another crucial step for the bill, which had...

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is pivoting its focus to state-level initiatives following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recent denial of MDMA-assisted therapy. As recently reported by Double Blind, MAPS gathered a panel of experts to discuss what...

Psilocybin and psychedelics in general are substances that have been with us for decades. But in its recent history one particular milestone marks a before and after: the legalization of cannabis for recreational use in Colorado in 2014. Today, ten years later, more than 100 million adults in the...

Psychedelic Therapy Centers Could Be Coming To California Soon A new bipartisan legislative push in California seeks to legalize psychedelic service centers that would provide those 21 and older with access to psilocybin, MDMA, mescaline and DMT. Trained facilitators would be present within these...

In this episode of The Dales Report, we’re back with another Psychedelic Exclusive. This podcast, we speak with Joe Caltabiano, chairman of Healing CREI and Founder of JSC Fund. Joe is well known as a public speaker and contributor to media such as Vice and Bloomberg, and he’s...

This article was originally published on Microdose and appeared here with permission. In recent years, there has been a growing movement to decriminalize and legalize psychedelic drugs, with increasing evidence that the legalization of psychedelics and other compounds could have significant...

Congressional lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are seeking to advance several drug policy changes as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). So far, over 1,400 proposed amendments have been put forward for the must-pass defense bill, including those concerning medical cannabis...

This article was originally published on Microdose and appears here with permission. When discussing the path to legal psychedelics, cannabis is often mentioned as a test case. Both are scheduled substances trying to enter the commercial and scientific mainstream — but is cannabis’...

In the first months of 2023, state-level psychedelics policy reform has been so constant that it is hard to view it as a passing trend. While the first reported legalization proposal was a pre-filed measure in NY, many states have then followed suit. The list is current as of...

This 2023 session has heard numerous discussions and considered various measures around the country on the legalization of psychedelics. Let’s go over the latest proposed regulations. Maryland: Newly filed HB0927 would decriminalize the possession of specified levels of...

Oklahoma To Reconsider Bills On Psilocybin Therapy Research Together with several other state legislatures, it is now Oklahoma’s turn to dive in with the relaunch of a 2022 proposal involving psychedelics. Last year, HB 3414 was amended but ultimately killed. However, sponsor Rep. Daniel Pae...

Newly introduced bills are added to the list of measures calling for some sort of psychedelics legalization, while some of the already filed ones continue progressing and others get a thumbs down. Utah: Legislators want to legalize psilocybin therapy for adults over 21 within a clinical setting...

Psychedelics Legislation: The Latest On Hawaii, Virginia, Missouri & More Hawaii: A bill to establish the Therapeutic Psilocybin Working Group, to study psychedelics' medicinal and therapeutic effects, has been approved with recommended amendments. The measure won support from Democratic...