The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a bill to create a psychedelics task force responsible for studying possible regulatory frameworks for therapeutic access to substances such as psilocybin, mescaline and DMT. It would be charged specifically with ensuring “broad, equitable and affordable access to psychedelic substances” in the state.
A week after being approved in the House Health and Government Operations Committee, with amendments, the full chamber approved the measure measure from Del. Pam Guzzone (D) on third and final reading in a 136-1 vote on Wednesday, sending it to the Senate.
Originally, the “Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances” created by the legislation would have been staffed and administered by the state Department of Health, but it was amended in committee to instead fall under the Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA).
The bill as introduced would have more specifically required task force members to explore and issue recommendations on aspects of policy such as “systems to support statewide online sales of natural psychedelic substances with home delivery” and “testing and packaging requirements for products containing natural psychedelic substances with clear and accurate labeling of potency,” those mandates were removed in the approved amendment, however.
Instead, it
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