Activists in Alaska are working to put a measure on the 2026 state ballot to legalize certain psychedelics—including psilocybin, mescaline and DMT—and create a state-regulated system for facilitated use.
The group Natural Medicine Alaska this week officially began gathering signatures in the cities of Anchorage and Palmer as part of a first step in the state’s initiative process.
Organizers first have to submit 100 signatures of qualified registered voters to get the process rolling. From there, the state Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom (R) has 60 days to decide whether to certify the proposal for further signature gathering to qualify for the 2026 ballot.
While language of the prospective ballot measure is not available on Natural Medicine Alaska’s website—and the group did not immediately respond to an emailed request from Marijuana Moment—a policy outline explains the plan as “building off of” Colorado’s voter-approved 2022 Natural Medicine Health Act, under which facilitators recently administered the state’s first legal dose of psilocybin.
The Alaska proposal would legalize non-commercial use, cultivation and sharing of DMT, non-peyote mescaline, psilocybin and psilocin under a so-called “grow, gather, gift” model popular among psychedelic reform proponents.
It would further create a state-regulated program where adults would be administered
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