California’s governor says the state is “all in” when it comes to expanding access to psychedelics for therapeutic use, explaining that the current challenge is “landing the plane on exactly what the language looks like” in terms of psychedelics reform.
Speaking to Shawn Ryan, a former U.S. Navy SEAL who now hosts a podcast focused on military and veterans issues, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he’s on board with medically supervised use of psychedelics, though he still has concerns about commercializing the substances.
“The downside for me is I have a lot of entrepreneurial friends that are eager to get in this space,” Newsom said. “I’m cautious, because I can see capitalism move this in a very different direction than where we want to move it.”
The governor in 2023 vetoed a broad psychedelics proposal that included provisions to legalize low-level possession of substances such as psilocybin.
In his veto message at the time, he called on lawmakers to send him a new bill the following year establishing guidelines for regulated therapeutic access to psychedelics and also to consider a “potential” framework for broader decriminalization in the future.
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