Minnesota lawmakers are hoping to join the ranks of states that are advancing psychedelics reform this session, introducing legislation to establish a task force to study and advise on the potential legalization of substances like psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine.<\/p>\n
The House bill is being sponsored by Rep. Andy Smith (D), while the Senate companion is being carried by Sen. Kelly Morrison (D). These developments come as legislators work expediently to enact marijuana legalization<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n Under the new proposals, a \u201cPsychedelic Medicine Task Force\u201d would be established in order to \u201cadvise the legislature on the legal, medical, and policy issues associated with the legalization of psychedelic medicine in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n I want to give a HUGE thank you to @West4MN<\/a> for signing on, making this a #bipartisan<\/a> bill!<\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Andy Smith (@AndySmithMN) February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The 23-member task force would have to consist of officials and experts, including the governor or a designee, the health commissioner, two appointees from House and Senate leadership, the state attorney general or a designee, two tribal representatives, people with expertise in substance misuse treatment, public health policy experts, military veterans with mental health conditions and more.<\/p>\n Members would be required to \u201csurvey existing studies in the scientific literature on the therapeutic efficacy of psychedelic medicine in the treatment of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder, and any other mental health conditions and medical conditions for which a psychedelic medicine may provide an effective treatment option,\u201d the bill<\/a> text<\/a> says.<\/p>\n \u201cPsychedelic medicine may include but is not limited to the use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), psilocybin, mescaline, LSD, bufotenine, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, 2C-B, ibogaine, salvinorin A, and ketamine,\u201d it continues.<\/p>\n This task force would establish a #Psychedelic<\/a> Medicine Task Force to advise the #mnleg<\/a> on “the legal, medical, and policy issues associated with the legalization of psychedelic medicine in the state.”<\/p>\n Full Text here: https:\/\/t.co\/FlylSUe94H<\/a><\/p>\n (2\/5)<\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Andy Smith (@AndySmithMN) February 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The task force would need to further need to assess whether any particular psychedelic is effective in the treatment of any of those conditions, compare that efficacy to conventional drug treatments and develop a plan that considers the \u201cstatutory changes necessary for the legalization of psychedelic medicine.\u201d The body would also need to consider state and local regulation of the substances, as well as federal policy \u201cwith a focus on retaining state autonomy to act without conflicting with federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe task force shall submit two reports to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and human services that detail the task force\u2019s findings regarding the legalization of psychedelic medicine in the state, including the comprehensive plan developed under subdivision,\u201d it says. \u201cThe first report must be submitted by February 1, 2024, and the second report must be submitted by January 1, 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n If you live in #Minnesota<\/a> please let your legislators know about this bill and encourage them to support it. As John Oliver stated in the piece, this has #bipartisan<\/a> both federally and in the state. <\/p>\n Use this link to contact your legislators: https:\/\/t.co\/pQoIWJ9iBN<\/a><\/p>\n (4\/5)<\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Andy Smith (@AndySmithMN) February 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n With the Democratic-Labor-Farmer party in the majority in the House and Senate, while holding the governorship, this session, there\u2019s optimism about the prospects of advancing bold drug policy. That includes marijuana legalization legislation that\u2019s moved through 10 House committees and seven Senate panels so far.<\/p>\n Minnesota is far from the only state where legislators are taking up psychedelics reform this year.<\/p>\n Last week, for example, a Washington State Senate committee voted to dramatically overhaul to a psilocybin services bill<\/a>, removing sections that would have legalized use of the psychedelic drug by adults<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oklahoma lawmakers approved bill in committee last week to promote research into the therapeutic potential of psilocybin<\/a> while providing legal protections against prosecution for people with eligible conditions who possess the psychedelic.<\/p>\n A Hawaii House committee\u00a0approved legislation last week\u00a0to promote research into psilocybin and MDMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iowa, Missouri, New Hampshire and Utah are also some of the latest states where\u00a0lawmakers are working to advance the issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n Virginia\u00a0lawmakers rejected a bill last month<\/a> that would have allow people with serious mental health conditions to possess and use psilocybin mushrooms with a doctor\u2019s recommendation. Then, last week, a Virginia Senate-passed measure to create a psilocybin advisory board and reschedule the psychedelic was killed in a\u00a0committee of the GOP-controlled House of Delegates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Legislators in\u00a0Connecticut and Massachusetts<\/a>\u00a0have also filed bills to revise laws governing entheogenic plants and fungi.<\/p>\n New York Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D) filed legislation to legalize certain psychedelics<\/a>\u00a0like psilocybin and ibogaine for adults 21 and older. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) also recently signed a bill mandating that\u00a0the state immediately reschedule or deschedule Schedule I drugs<\/a>\u00a0like MDMA and psilocybin if they\u2019re reclassified under federal law.<\/p>\n Bipartisan Washington State senators also recently\u00a0unveiled a revised bill to legalize psilocybin services<\/a>\u00a0for adults.<\/p>\n There are also psychedelics reform efforts underway in Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Montana, New Jersey and Oregon.<\/p>\n An analysis published in an American Medical Association journal last month concluded that\u00a0a majority of states will legalize psychedelics<\/a>\u00a0by 2037, based on statistical modeling of policy trends.<\/p>\n New Hampshire House Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill That\u2019s Sponsored By Top Republican And Democratic Lawmakers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo elements courtesy of carlosemmaskype<\/a> and Apollo<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Minnesota Lawmakers File Bills To Create Psychedelics Task Force To Plan For Legalization<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Minnesota lawmakers are hoping to join the ranks of states that are advancing psychedelics reform this session, introducing legislation to establish a task force to study and advise on the potential legalization of substances like psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine. The House bill is being sponsored by Rep. Andy Smith (D),Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62039,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62038\/revisions\/62039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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