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A California Senate-passed bill to legalize the possession and facilitated use of certain psychedelics has cleared a procedural hurdle, bringing it one step closer to a final Assembly committee vote before potentially advancing to the floor.<\/p>\n
The measure from Sen. Scott Wiener (D) was advanced by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Wednesday to the panel\u2019s suspense file, a legislative formality that means it is primed for final action to determine whether it can advance to the floor. The sponsor told Marijuana Moment on Tuesday that he expects that to happen at a subsequent committee meeting on or around September 1.<\/p>\n
Wiener previously expressed some concerns about the measure\u2019s path in the Assembly, calling it a \u201cchallenging road\u201d at one point<\/a>, but it has already moved through two committees<\/a> before Wednesday\u2019s procedural development. If it is approved by the panel and then full chamber, it would still need to go back to the Senate for concurrence on certain amendments before potentially reaching the governor\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n A previous Assembly committee amended the legislation to delay implementation of the legalization of facilitated, communal use of psychedelics \u201cuntil a framework for the therapeutic use, which would include community-based healing, facilitated and supported use, risk reduction, and other related services, of the specified controlled substances is developed and adopted.\u201d<\/p>\n It was also changed to require the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to create a workgroup tasked with studying and making recommendations to the legislature about the establishing a regulatory framework for the therapeutic use of psychedelics in facilitated settings. The workgroup would need to submit its report with findings and recommendations by January 1, 2025.<\/p>\n The bill is a more narrowly tailored version of a measure that the senator led last session that\u00a0passed the Senate but was later abandoned in the Assembly<\/a>\u00a0after members watered it down significantly.<\/p>\n SB 58 would legalize the \u201cpossession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, as specified, or transportation of\u201d specific amounts of psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline for personal or facilitated use. Notably, \u201csynthetic\u201d psychedelics like LSD and MDMA would not be legalized, unlike the provisions of the previous version of Wiener\u2019s legislation.<\/p>\n Beside personal possession being legalized, the bill would also specifically provide for \u201ccommunity-based healing\u201d involving the entheogenic substances. It previously included \u201cgroup counseling\u201d as well, but an author\u2019s amendment that was adopted in June removed all references to counseling. It also made a series of technical changes to clean up the legislation.<\/p>\n The bill would also repeal state law prohibiting \u201cany spores or mycelium capable of producing mushrooms or other material which contain psilocybin or psilocyn.\u201d The state ban on drug paraphernalia for the covered substances would also be eliminated under the legislation.<\/p>\n The proposal contains at least two key changes from the measure that advanced last session.<\/p>\n First, is excludes synthetic psychedelics like LSD and MDMA from the list of substances that would be legalized and focuses only on those that are derived from plants or fungi.<\/p>\n When the prior version of the legislation was in jeopardy near the end of the 2022 session, Wiener sought to make a deal to save it by removing synthetics\u00a0in an attempt to shift law enforcement organizations\u00a0from being opposed to neutral on the bill. That move was opposed by advocates and ultimately did not produce a passable proposal.<\/p>\n Peyote is also excluded from the bill\u2019s legalized substances list, which is responsive to concerns raised by some advocates and indigenous groups about the risks of over-harvesting the vulnerable cacti that\u2019s been ceremonially used.<\/p>\n Under the second major change to the bill from last year\u2019s version, it no longer includes a provision mandating a study to explore future reforms. The senator had said that the study language was unnecessary given the high volume of research that\u2019s already been done and continues to be conducted.<\/p>\n The \u201callowable amount\u201d section of the\u00a0bill<\/a>\u00a0allows for the following psychedelics possession limits:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n DMT\u20142 grams<\/p>\n Ibogaine\u201415 grams<\/p>\n Psilocybin\u20142 grams, or up to 4 ounces of \u201ca plant or fungi containing psilocybin\u201d<\/p>\n Psilocyn\u20142 grams, or up to 4 ounces of \u201ca plant or fungi containing psilocyn.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 When the earlier version was moving through the legislature last session,\u00a0it was gutted in the Assembly Appropriations Committee<\/a>\u00a0to only require the study, eliminating the legalization provisions altogether. Wiener responded by shelving the legislation and holding it for 2023.<\/p>\n Asked whether he expects that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) would support the legislation this session if it clears the hurdles in the Assembly and arrives on his desk, Wiener told Marijuana Moment in June that \u201cit\u2019s unclear to me,\u201d as the governor is \u201cnot expressing any opinion pro or con.\u201d<\/p>\n Advocates have been optimistic about the prospects of Wiener\u2019s psychedelics legalization bill advancing to enactment this round. Not only have California lawmakers had more time to consider the proposal since its original introduction, but there\u2019s significantly more momentum behind psychedelics reform this session as lawmakers in states across the country across the country work to tackle the issue.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a California campaign recently filed a proposed initiative for the state\u2019s 2024 ballot<\/a> that would create a $5 billion state agency tasked with funding and promoting psychedelics research that it hopes will accelerate federal legalization of substances like psilocybin and ibogaine.<\/p>\n California officials also cleared a separate campaign to begin signature gathering for a 2024 ballot initiative<\/a> to legalize the possession, sale and regulated therapeutic use of psilocybin.<\/p>\n Marijuana Groups Push Regulators To Adopt Universal Label For Cannabis Products To Facilitate Interstate Commerce And Promote Safety<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo elements courtesy of carlosemmaskype<\/a> and Apollo<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post California Senate-Passed Psychedelics Legalization Bill Comes One Step Closer To Final Assembly Committee Vote<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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