Bipartisan North Carolina lawmakers are stepping up the push for psychedelics reform legislation by asking colleagues to pass it as part of the budget.
Several members of the Senate and House of Representatives spoke at a press conference on Tuesday in support of a bill to fund research on the therapeutic value of substances like psilocybin, ibogaine and MDMA in treating military veterans, first responders, frontline healthcare personnel and survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault.
“This bill makes a real investment in mental health innovation, research and access to the people of our state,” Sen. Robert Brinson (R), lead sponsor of the Healing through Evidence-based Access to Lifesaving Care (HEAL) Act, said, noting that “momentum is building” for psychedelics reform at the federal and state levels.
Rep. Allen Chesser (R) cited statistics about the large number of military veterans who die from suicide, saying that “if we keep doing what we’ve done, we’re going to keep losing the veterans that we’ve sworn to protect.”
“This is not a radical liberal idea, and it does not belong to one party or the other,” he said of psychedelics reform. “We stand here, representatives from both sides of the aisle, from both
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