Vermont’s Senate has given preliminary approval to a measure that would establish a working group to study whether and how to allow therapeutic access to psychedelics in the state. If the bill is enacted, a report from the working group would be due to the legislature in November with recommendations on how to regulate the substances.
Senators on Tuesday approved the legislation, S. 114, during second reading on a voice vote. It still needs to pass on a subsequent third reading vote in order to advance to the House of Representatives.
“This bill will start the state of Vermont on a journey to explore other possibilities and other options to treating mental illness,” Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick (D), the legislation’s sponsor, said on the Senate floor.
“When faced with a problem, you have the choice to do what you’ve always done or to try something different. In this case, we have a crisis of mental health,” she said. “And we can do what we’ve always done. Therapy, pharmaceuticals, mindfulness practices have all been proven to help. However, at this time, they don’t seem to be meeting the needs of all of those who are suffering day in and day out,
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