“This is a careful bill for people, our veterans and first responders, who have carried extraordinary burdens.”
By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
After four years of trying, the Missouri House passed legislation Thursday that would require the state to conduct a study on using psilocybin—also known as “magic mushrooms”—and other alternative therapies to treat depression, substance use or as part end-of-life care.
Veterans and first-responders would be able to possess the psychedelic if they’re enrolled in a study, where it would be administered by a facilitator.
Despite overwhelming support for the idea in past years, Thursday marks the first time the House has sent the bill on to the Senate, with a vote of 137 to 11.
Lawmakers amended the legislation last week to include ibogaine, a powerful psychoactive compound derived from an African shrub that’s used to treat addiction, PTSD and traumatic brain injury.
Republican state Rep. Renee Reuter of Imperial gave an emotional account of her husband’s struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder during House debate last week. After serving overseas in the U.S. Army in 1993, her husband’s PTSD has “enticed him to do certain things” that have destroyed their marriage and lives.
“When he left in 1993 I
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