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A bill that would pave the way for psychedelic-assisted therapy for veterans in Virginia is effectively dead for the session, with members of a House committee voting unanimously on Monday to set it aside indefinitely.<\/p>\n
The 18\u20130 vote by the House\u00a0Committee on Rules means no further action will happen this session on the measure, SB 1101, from Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D).<\/p>\n
In its latest form, the bill would have established a six-member state advisory council to study and make recommendations about treatments involving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-designated \u201cbreakthrough therapies,\u201d including substances such as psilocybin and MDMA.<\/p>\n
Virginia\u2019s full Senate approved the proposal unanimously earlier this month, on a 40\u20130 vote. But once it arrived in the House, the rules panel shelved it without debate or discussion.<\/p>\n
As originally introduced, by Hashmi last month, the bill would have also created a fund to help pay for clinical trials into breakthrough therapy treatments for veterans, but a substitute adopted in a Senate committee removed references to that fund, leaving only the portion of the proposal that would create the advisory council.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat particular substitute really pares the bill down to create within the Department of Health the Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention Advisory Council,\u201d Hashmi said before the February 3 Senate floor vote.<\/p>\n
Hashmi and supporters said the bill would help curb what they described as a crisis in veteran\u2019s mental health in Virginia, which has a comparatively high population of military veterans.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing that we know is that veteran suicide remains a critical crisis point, with rates significantly higher among veterans than the civilian population. Given the fact that we have such a high veteran community here in Virginia, this legislation is especially necessary,\u201d Hashmi said on the Senate floor. \u201cWhat we have seen is compelling research coming from a variety of research institutions, such as Johns Hopkins, that points to the fact that treatment through psilocybin has been effective in addressing a lot of these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
The\u00a0measure<\/a> was an updated version of a similar proposal last year, SB 229<\/a>, that also cleared the Senate but didn\u2019t make it out of the House.<\/p>\n Separately last week, lawmakers approved a proposal that would legalize retail recreational marijuana sales in the commonwealth<\/a>, sending the legislation to Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). The governor, however, has already indicated he intends veto the bills\u2014as he did with a similar lawmaker-passed proposal last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014 If the proposal were to become law, it would\u00a0allow adults 21 and older to purchase up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana from regulated, state-licensed retailers.<\/p>\n Use, possession and limited cultivation of cannabis by adults are already legal in Virginia, the result of a Democrat-led proposal\u00a0approved by lawmakers in 2021<\/a>. But Republicans, after winning control of the House and governor\u2019s office later that year, subsequently blocked the required reenactment of a regulatory framework for retail sales. Since then, illicit stores have sprung up to meet consumer demand, feeding an illegal market that some estimates value at nearly $3 billion.<\/p>\n Virginia lawmakers also recently advanced proposals that would seal records related to marijuana<\/a>. An amendment to the record-sealing legislation moved the enactment date of the proposal to July 1, 2026, which staff said was intended to allow Virginia State Police to implement the change.<\/p>\n Brittney Griner Cancels Speech At Marijuana Event After Discovering Threatening Message In Her Hotel Room<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Wikimedia\/Mushroom Observer<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Virginia House Panel Kills Psychedelics Bill That Had Already Been Approved By The Senate<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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