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    'Magic mushrooms' would be decriminalized in California under new bill

    by Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times Dec 19, 2022 2 minutes
    Quiet is advised for participants of psilocybin therapy in a testing room at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica on Feb. 24, 2022. The Pacific Neuroscience Institute has been exploring in a study the use of psilocybin in therapy. The study, which recruited participants with alcohol use disorder, is gauging the tolerability and effectiveness of...

    LOS ANGELES — The possession and personal use of certain psychedelic drugs such as "magic mushrooms" and ayahuasca would be decriminalized in California under a bill introduced Monday backed by mental health professionals and veterans groups.

    Supporters of Senate Bill 58 say that the legislation is a step toward ending California's "war on drugs" and that decriminalizing psychedelics could pave the way for better treatment options

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