“We are encouraged by the growing body of rigorous research exploring the use of psychedelics, including psilocybin in treating treatment-resistant types of mental illness.”
Massachusetts psychedelic policy advocates recently marked a significant milestone at a July 15 legislative hearing, which featured testimony on four of the 12 psychedelics-related bills filed this year on Beacon Hill. The hearing was highlighted by a historic, first-ever endorsement of psychedelic decriminalization-specific legislation anywhere by a professional psychiatric society: The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (MPS).
Among the bills addressed at the hearing of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary was H.1726, sponsored by state Rep. Homar Gómez (D), which seeks to decriminalize the possession of psilocybin…