The governor of Washington State has signed a bill to promote research into psilocybin and create a pilot program to provide therapeutic access to the psychedelic for mental health treatment.
At a signing ceremony on Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) enacted the legislation from Sens. Jesse Salomon (D) and Liz Lovelett (D), though he partially vetoed several sections that he said “no longer align with the bill’s intent.”
As introduced earlier this session, the measure would have more broadly legalized psilocybin, allowing people 21 and older to access the psychedelic under the care of licensed facilitators. But it was significantly watered down at the Senate committee stage to only provide for a task force and advisory group to study the reform. Those changes reportedly came after pushback from the governor’s office about the broad scope of the original bill.
Later, on the House side, Rep. Nicole Macri (D) modestly expanded the legislation with her committee amendment to add in the pilot program to allow the University of Washington (UW) to provide access to the psychedelic for military veterans and first responders in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mood and substance use disorders.
Watch the governor sign the psilocbyin bill,
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