Massachusetts moves to legalize ‘magic mushrooms’

Massachusetts hopes to bring psychedelic therapy to the state. The Joint Committee on Public Health voted to advance two bills in December. One bill, H. 2506, decriminalizes up to two ounces of psilocybin for people 21 and over who are veterans, law enforcement officers, or diagnosed with conditions that could be better managed with this type of therapy. The other bill, H. 2532, would put a statewide pilot program for psilocybin therapy in place. The bills still have some hoops to jump through in order to become law, but supporters see this as a step in the right direction. The decriminalization bill was largely authored by Rep. Steven Owens ...