A California Senate-passed bill to legalize the possession of certain psychedelics and facilitated use of the substances is up against a “challenging road” toward passage in the Assembly, the sponsor said on Wednesday.
At a virtual event hosted by the Psychedelic and Entheogen Academic Council (PEAC), Sen. Scott Wiener (D) said that while the reform legislation advanced through his chamber, “it’s not guaranteed to pass” in the Assembly.
“But we’re going to try the very best we can,” he said.
Part of the complication, Wiener explained, is that the measure has been referred to a second Assembly policy committee before it potentially moves to Appropriations and then the floor. It may clear the Public Safety Committee when it goes before that panel on June 27, but its fate is less certain in the Health Committee after that, he said.
Wiener said in response to a question from Marijuana Moment that the secondary referral was made for “no rational reason” and “should not have happened,” as the measure would simply remove criminal penalties related to possession and use of psychedelics like psilocybin, ayahuasca, ibogaine and mescaline that isn’t derived from peyote.
“That is a very hard committee for us. And so
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