Chris Roberts, writing for Forbes:
A Florida state lawmaker plans to introduce as soon as next week a bill that would legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy in the state.
Modeled after a recent voter-approved initiative in Oregon, the proposal from State Rep. Michael Grieco, a Democrat who represents Miami Beach in the state Legislature, represents the first serious push for legal access to psilocybin on the East Coast.
It’s also the first effort to legalize magic-mushroom access in a red state, and a potential test case that could demonstrate that like cannabis legalization, access to legal psilocybin is also a bipartisan issue.
I certainly didn’t see this one coming. After all, the Southeast is not exactly a hotbed of drug policy reform. I should know—I’ve lived in North Carolina all my life.
If this bill passes Floridians would gain access to legal psilocybin therapy, as this legislation is similar to the measure that was approved in Oregon last November.