#california to introduce new #psychedelic legislation (SB 803), establishing a pilot psilocybin therapy program to veterans and first responders in three counties (San Diego, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco).
The new bill has been set for a hearing in the Assembly Health Committee Tuesday, June 25 at 1:30pm PT 1021 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814 (downtown) #sacramento #psychedelics #votepsychedelic #psilocybin #psychedelictherapy #psychedelicassistedtherapy #mentalhealth #sandiego #sanfrancisco
Our Purpose To ensure that Californians have the right to obtain and use Entheogenic Substances for medical, therapeutic and spiritual purposes where the medical and therapeutic use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician, nurse practitioner, or licensed counseling therapist, who has determined that the person’s health would benefit from the use […]
A California Assembly committee has unanimously approved a revised bill to create a state workgroup that would be tasked with exploring a regulatory framework to provide therapeutic access to psychedelics like psilocybin and ibogaine. The Assembly Health Committee passed the legislation from Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R) in a 11-0 vote on Tuesday. It now heads […]
Final revisions to the proposed Psychedelic Wellness & Healing Initiative submitted yesterday would allow the sale, possession and use of psychedelics for medicinal and therapeutic purposes.
A California Democratic senator says he will be filing a revised psychedelics bill next year alongside an Assembly Republican that will focus on providing regulated therapeutic access—a departure from his prior legislation to more broadly legalize substances like psilocybin that the governor vetoed this past session. Sen. Scott Wiener (D) said on Friday that the […]
Advocates in California filed a ballot initiative with state officials on Friday that would create a right “to obtain and use psychedelics for medical, therapeutic and spiritual purposes” with the recommendation of a doctor. It would also allow adults to possess and use the substances in their home as well as cultivate entheogenic plants and […]
Signature gathering has officially kicked off to qualify an initiative for California’s 2024 ballot that would spend $5 billion to create a state agency focused on advancing research and development of psychedelic therapies. Known as the TREAT California Act, the measure would not itself change the legal status of any substances. Rather, it would establish […]
A congressional subcommittee will hear testimony on Thursday about emerging therapies for veterans, including the use of psychedelic-assisted treatments for mental health disorders. It’s the first time that federal lawmakers have ever convened a formal hearing primarily to discuss how entheogenic substances such as psilocybin and MDMA could help address an epidemic of veteran suicides. […]
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