'When Oprah comes on and supports it, that makes it even easier.'
Psychedelic's potential to treat addiction, anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress has been endorsed and touted by everyone from Colorado Governor Jared Polis to former Texas Governor Rick Perry. in legalizing the medical use of psilocybin, and several more states could be joining the party soon.
"It's a health issue, not a criminal justice issue, and psychedelics is part of that equation," California State Senator Scott Wiener told a panel via video message at theThe proposal passed by Colorado voters in November 2022 decriminalized the personal use and cultivation of natural psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline .
Psychedelic's potential to treat addiction, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress has been endorsed and touted by everyone from Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a progressive Democrat, to former Texas Governor and staunch Republican. Even Oklahoma and Texas state lawmakers have become more open to the idea of medical psychedelics. But that doesn't mean it's an easy conversation to start, according to Texas State Representative Alex Dominguez.
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