A bipartisan bill aimed at researching psilocybin mushrooms for veteran and first responder therapy was killed by California Senate Democrats, disappointing advocates. The bill, SB 751, sought to establish a pilot program at the University of California, funded by philanthropists, to study psychedelic-assisted therapy. This setback follows previous rejections of more ambitious plans to decriminalize or regulate psychedelics. Advocates including state senators Josh Becker and Brian Jones vowed to persist in their efforts to provide life-saving treatments, noting that many turn to illegal methods for healing psychological traumas instead.
Powerful Democrats in the state Senate disappointed advocates of psychedelic-assisted therapy by killing a bipartisan bill that would have accelerated study of psilocybin mushrooms with veterans and former first responders.
If passed, the bill would have requested the University of California to set up a pilot program researching the treatment of former first responders and veterans with psilocybin.
I'm disappointed by the outcome of SB 751, but the fight to deliver innovative, life-saving treatment is far from over.
This is a sad state of affairs for our state, and the appropriations committee should be ashamed for killing such a modest bill.
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