The governor of New Mexico has signed a bipartisan resolution requesting that state officials research the therapeutic potential of psilocybin and explore the creation of a regulatory framework to provide access to the psychedelic.
One week after the Senate unanimously passed the measure from Senate Minority Whip Craig Brandt (R) and Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D), Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) gave it final approval on Thursday. Prior to that, Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee also unanimously advanced the resolution.
As “memorial” legislation, the proposal isn’t binding. Rather, it represents a formal request for the state Department of Health to “study the efficacy of using psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic treatments and the establishment of a program for psilocybin mushrooms to be used for therapeutic medical treatments.”
The whereas section of the resolution cites various studies supporting the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin for conditions such as major depression and substance misuse, while pointing out that the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated the psychedelic as a “breakthrough therapy.”
To that end, the measure states that the health department should look into “necessary statutory or regulatory framework for developing” a state-level psilocybin program.
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