Bipartisan California lawmakers have introduced a new bill to legalize psychedelic service centers where adults 21 and older could access psilocybin, MDMA, mescaline and DMT in a supervised environment with trained facilitators.
The “Regulated Therapeutic Access to Psychedelics Act” was formally filed on Tuesday by Sen. Scott Wiener (D) and Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R). It was drafted in a way that’s meant to be responsive to concerns voiced by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last year when he vetoed a broader proposal that included provisions to legalize low-level possession of substances such as psilocybin.
Instead, the new bill that’s now being unveiled would provide regulated access to psychedelics in a facilitated setting, without removing criminal penalties for possession outside of that context. It does not lay out any specific qualifying medical conditions that a person must have in order to access the services.
Advocates were disappointed to see the governor, who championed marijuana legalization while serving as the state’s lieutenant governor, reject the psychedelics measure from Wiener last year. But the senator has said he was encouraged that Newsom recommended a dialed-back pathway to reform in his veto message that he and Waldron are adhering to.
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