The New Hampshire House of Representatives has approved an amended bill to establish a psilocybin advisory board to study pathways to allow patients to access the novel therapy—though lawmakers separately rejected an effort to revive separate legislation aimed at protecting gun rights for medical marijuana patients.
Members took up the psilocybin and cannabis measures on Thursday, significantly scaling back the bipartisan psychedelics bill from Rep. Buzz Scherr (D) that would have in its initial form given certain patients legal access to psilocybin-assisted therapy. The amended version to create an advisory group to explore the issue passed the full chamber and now heads to the Senate for consideration.
The medical marijuana and firearms legislation from Rep. Tom Mannion (R), meanwhile, was briefly considered on the floor, but a motion to take the bill off the table failed in a 81-270 vote. That proposal would make it so a person’s status as a registered medical cannabis patient in the state would not infringe on their right to purchase or possess guns under state law.
The revised psilocybin bill represents a setback for advocates, as the House passed the initial version last month that would have created a regulatory pathway for patients with
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