• Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1178 -- 1/17/23 table of contents plus lead

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    Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1178 -- 1/17/23
    Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/1178

    A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org
    David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org
    "Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"

    Table of Contents:

    1. ELEVEN STATES WHERE PSYCHEDELIC REFORM BILLS ARE ON THE AGENDA THIS
    YEAR [FEATURE]
    It's only January, but the 2023 state legislative season is already
    filling up with bills on psychedelics. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/12/eleven_states_where_psychedelic

    2. SC MEDMJ BILLS, VIOLENCE ROCKS MEXICAN CITY AS EL CHAPO'S SON
    ARRESTED, MORE... (1/6/23)
    The Mexican cartel leader who escaped during Sunday's Tijuana prison
    attack has been shot dead, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
    Administration rejects hair testing for drugs, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/06/sc_medmj_bills_violence_rocks

    3. CT LEGAL ADULT POT SALES BEGIN TOMORROW, OH GOVERNOR SIGNS FENTANYL
    TEST STRIP DECRIM BILL, MORE... (1/9/23)
    A Mexican judge has blocked the extradition of El Chapo's son to the US,
    you can now get a license to grow your own marijuana in Missouri, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/09/ct_legal_adult_pot_sales_begin

    4. PSYCHEDELIC REFORM BILLS POPPING UP, NO FEDERAL POT POSSESSION
    PRISONERS, MORE... (1/10/23)
    The Wisconsin GOP may finally be ready to embrace medical marijuana, the
    US Sentencing Commission says there are no more federal pot possession prisoners, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/10/psychedelic_reform_bills_popping

    5. FL DOC GETS TWENTY YEARS IN UNNECESSARY DRUG TEST SCHEME, IN
    MARIJUANA BILLS FILED, MORE... (1/11/23)
    Legal adult marijuana sales have begun in Connecticut, a marijuana
    legalization bill is filed in Tennessee, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/11/fl_doc_gets_twenty_years

    6. GOP REP WANTS TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST MEXICAN CARTELS, MN LEGAL
    POT BILL ADVANCES, MORE... (1/12/23)
    A North Dakota bill would increase monthly THC limits for medical
    marijuana patients, a South Dakota bill would bar pregnant or
    breast-feeding women from getting medical marijuana cards, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/12/gop_rep_wants_use_military_force

    7. BOLIVIA CELEBRATES COCA LEAF CHEWING DAY, WA PSILOCYBIN LEGALIZATION
    BILL FILED, MORE... (1/13/23)
    An Ohio bill would revamp the state's medical marijuana program, New
    York's governor signs a bill mandating that the state immediately re- or deschedule Schedule I drugs if federal law changes, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/13/bolivia_celebrates_coca_leaf_0

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    1. ELEVEN STATES WHERE PSYCHEDELIC REFORM BILLS ARE ON THE AGENDA THIS
    YEAR [FEATURE] https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2023/jan/12/eleven_states_where_psychedelic

    This year's state legislative season is just beginning, and there is
    already evidence that the psychedelic renaissance now underway is
    reaching into statehouses across the land. In at least eleven states,
    reform bills ranging from therapeutic psilocybin to the
    decriminalization of natural psychedelics have already been filed, and
    more states are likely to join the list as the year goes on.

    What started with a successful local psilocybin decriminalization
    initiative in Denver in 2019 has now spread to a number of cities,
    including Oakland and Santa Cruz, California; Cambridge, Somerville, and Northampton, Massachusetts; Seattle; and Washington, DC. At the state
    level, Oregon led the way with the 2020 passage of Measure 109 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Oregon_Ballot_Measure_109), which
    both decriminalized psilocybin and created a framework for its
    therapeutic administration, and Measure 110 (https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hsd/amh/pages/measure110.aspx), which decriminalized the possession of all drugs, including psychedelics. And
    in November, Colorado voters passed Measure 122 (https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Proposition_122,_Decriminalization_and_Regulated_Access_Program_for_Certain_Psychedelic_Plants_and_Fungi_Initiative_(2022)),
    which decriminalizes natural psychedelics and creates a framework for psilocybin "healing centers."

    Here (with a tip of the hat to Marijuana Moment (https://www.marijuanamoment.net/lawmakers-are-already-pursuing-psychedelics-legislation-in-nearly-a-dozen-states-for-2023/))
    is what could be coming this year:

    California

    Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has filed Senate Bill 58 (https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/SB58/2023), which would legalize the
    possession of small amounts of DMT, ibogaine, mescaline, psilocybin, and psilocyn, but not synthetic psychedelics such as LSD and MDMA. A
    previous version of the bill included those synthetic psychedelics. That
    bill passed the Senate only to die at the last minute in the Assembly.

    Colorado

    After voters approved the legalization of natural psychedelics and the
    creation of psilocybin "healing centers," Gov. Jared Polis (D) is
    calling for the legislature to pass enabling legislation "to set it up
    in a way that prevents any negative consequences and honors the will of
    the voters." It is unclear what Polis is seeking, but he has previously
    said he was "excited (https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorado-governor-excited-about-psychedelics-legalization-vote-touting-promising-medical-benefits-despite-not-endorsing-before-election/)"
    about the reforms and called psychedelics a "promising" treatment
    possibility for some mental health conditions.

    Connecticut

    Rep. David Michel (D) has filed House Bill 5012 (https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05102&which_year=2023),
    "[t]o allow the use of psilocybin for medicinal and therapeutic
    purposes, including, but not limited to, the provision of physical,
    mental or behavioral health care." That bill has been referred to the
    joint Public Health Committee. Michel told Marijuana Moment (https://www.marijuanamoment.net/lawmakers-are-already-pursuing-psychedelics-legislation-in-nearly-a-dozen-states-for-2023/)
    this week that he will also cosponsor a psychedelic decrim bill with
    Rep. Josh Elliott (D).

    Illinois

    Rep. La Shawn Ford (D) has filed House Bill 1 (https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1499971), the Compassionate Use
    and Research of Entheogens (CURE) Act, which would remove psilocybin
    from the state's list of controlled substances, effectively legalizing
    it. The measure would also allow expungement of certain
    psilocybin-related convictions and create an advisory board for
    psilocybin therapeutic services.

    Missouri

    Rep. Tony Lovasco (R) plans to file a revised psychedelics bill (https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-missouri-lawmaker-revises-therapeutic-psilocybin-legalization-bill-for-2023-session/)
    after a broader psychedelic reform bill he filed last year died in the
    House Health and Mental Health Policy Committee. The new version will be
    a narrowly tailored bill to allow people with serious mental health
    conditions therapeutic access to psilocybin.

    Minnesota

    Rep. Andy Smith (D) has announced that he is "currently working on a
    bill forming a psychedelic medicine task force so Minnesotans can have
    access to these life affirming treatments. For decades scientific
    research into the positive effects of psychedelic medicine has been
    muzzled by the 'war on drugs,' but that is [starting] to change," he
    said. The bill has not yet been filed and the text is not yet available.

    Montana.

    Two bills are currently being drafted by legislative staff at the
    request of members. LC 1208 (http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210w.ActionQuery?P_BILL_DFT_NO5=LC1208&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20231),
    requested by Sen. Jill Cohenour (D)would "[l]egalize psilocybin use for PTSD/mental health treatment," while LC 2311 (http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210w.ActionQuery?P_BILL_DFT_NO5=LC2311&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20231),
    requested by Rep. George Nikolakakos (R) would more incrementally
    mandate an interim study on the use of psilocybin for the treatment of
    mental illness.

    New Jersey

    Last year, Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D) filed Senate Bill 2934 (https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/S2934), which would
    legalize the possession, home cultivation, and gifting of psilocybin
    mushrooms by people 21 and over, as well as setting a system of licensed psilocybin services in supervised settings. That bill has been carried
    over into the current session and now has a companion version, Assembly
    Bill 4911 (https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2022/A4911), in the Assembly filed by three key lawmakers, including Judiciary Committee
    Chairman Raj Mukherji (D) and Health Committee Chairman Herb Conaway (D).

    New York

    Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D) has pre-filed Assembly Bill 00114 (https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1505197), which would legalize
    the "possession, use, cultivation, production, creation, analysis,
    gifting, exchange, or sharing by or between natural persons of
    twenty-one years of age or older of a natural plant or fungus-based hallucinogen." That would include DMT, ibogaine, mescaline, psilocybin,
    and psilocyn. The bill would also allow people to use such substances in religious ceremonies or engage in psychedelic services "with or without remuneration."

    Oregon

    State voters already approved both therapeutic psilocybin and broader
    drug decriminalization, but legislators have filed a pair of bills aimed
    at adjusting the psilocybin services program. Senate Bill 303 (https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1505197), filed by Sen.
    Elizabeth Steiner (D), would mandate that psilocybin businesses and
    therapists collect and report data such as average psilocybin doses and demographics of their client base. Senate Bill 302 (https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB302),
    filed by Sen. Kim Thatcher (R), would mandate that psilocybin business applicants provide certain information about ownership and location of
    their operations.

    Virginia

    Last year, Del. Dawn Adams (D) filed House Bill 898 (https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB898), which
    would decriminalize a broad array of psychedelics, but the House bumped
    it to 2023. It's now 2023, and that bill is still alive. Adams has this
    year also filed House Bill 1315 (https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1513), which
    would legalize psilocybin possession for people who have an "order" from
    a health care professional to treat "refractory depression or
    post-traumatic stress disorder or to ameliorate end-of-life anxiety."
    The bill would also reduce the penalty for non-medical possession of
    psilocybin to a Class 2 misdemeanor punishable by no more than 30 days
    in jail. Meanwhile Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) has pre-filed Senate Bill 932 (https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB932), which
    would down-schedule psilocybin from Schedule I to Schedule III and
    create a Virginia Psilocybin Advisory Board to "develop a long-term
    strategic plan for establishing therapeutic access to psilocybin
    services and monitor and study federal laws, regulations, and policies regarding psilocybin."

    And this is only January.

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