A newly introduced bill in Rhode Island would effectively legalize psilocybin mushrooms in the state, removing penalties around possession, home cultivation and sharing of psilocybin until mid-2026.
The proposal, from Rep. Brandon Potter (D), would not establish a commercial retail system around psilocybin—at least until after federal reform is enacted. Until then, it would exempt up to an ounce of psilocybin from the state’s law against controlled substances provided that it “has been securely cultivated within a person’s residence for personal use” or is possessed by “one person or shared by one person to another.”
In an interview with Marijuana Moment, Potter said proposed change, which he described as a decriminalization model, is designed to provide flexible access to people who could benefit from psilocybin.
“Anything we do health-related needs to put patients front and center,” he said. “When you see all this overwhelming data that shows health benefits, the last thing I wanted to do was create a legalization model that would make it highly regulated and restrict access to people who actually need it.”
Allowing noncommercial growing and sharing of psilocybin, he said, “would create the framework to have it be the most accessible model for people to
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