Minnesota lawmakers have approved a bill that would legalize the regulated therapeutic use of psilocybin for adults 21 and older, while rescheduling the psychedelic under state statute.
Members of the House Health Finance and Policy Committee on Monday passed the legislation from Rep. Andy Smith (DFL) in a voice vote. The proposal next heads to the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee.
Smith also sponsored a similar measure last year that did not ultimately advance to enactment.
Under the current bill, which was revised with a substitute amendment at the committee hearing, qualified patients 21 and older could receive psilocybin-assisted therapy in an “approved private residence or at a licensed treatment facility,” according to a summary from the Minnesota House Research Department.
“No one in this committee, I know, questions the fact that mental illness is one of the defining issues in our society today,” Smith, who described the legislation as responsive to recommendations from a state psychedelics task force that was formed under a separate law, said. “Today in this committee, we are talking about a new tool: A therapeutic psilocybin program here in Minnesota that has great potential.”
“It will help Minnesotans who are struggling with a wide variety
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