Since our previous roundup, whether inside state legislatures or out on the streets, there’s been some consistent movement of proposals concerning psychedelics. As of Sept. 28:
Massachusetts: Campaigners polled two versions of a psychedelics legalization initiative toward 2024’s ballot, and the winning one is the option contemplating adult home cultivation (12X12 ft. space tops) of entheogenic plants and fungi, first reported Marijuana Moment.
Now to gather registered voters’ signatures -initially slightly over 74,500,- the measure would create a regulatory framework for supervised access to psychedelics at licensed facilities, plus make adult substances’ possession and gifting (commercial sales excluded) legal up to specified limits.
Psychedelics purchased at licensed facilities would be subject to a 15% excise tax, and localities could decide to impose an additional 2% tax for the centers’ operations. Revenue would go toward the program’s regulation.
Pennsylvania: Rep. Jennifer O’Mara (D) and Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R) have stated their intentions to renew A 2021 proposal pushing for psilocybin research for mental health treatment, with some changes, after the legislature meets on Sept. 26, reported Alexander Lekhtman for Filter Mag.
Maine: Portland’s City Council HHS and public safety committee have unanimously advanced a resolution decriminalizing the use and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi. Amended to cover home cultivation for personal use and sharing (sales excluded,) …
