California Bill to Legalize Psychedelic Treatment for Veterans, First Responders, Won’t Advance

A California bill to legalize psychedelics for medical use among veterans and first responders will not move forward, due to a lack of support, according to its author. Sen. Minority Leader Brian Jones withdrew the bill June 25 after learning Democrats on the Assembly’s Health Committee were opposed. Last year, he said, that was not the case when lawmakers supported a bill to fully decriminalize the drug. “It’s frustrating that Democrats on the committee widely supported last year’s effort to fully decriminalize psychedelics, but now they are opposed to even a narrow use for treatment for the men and women who have done the most to serve us,” the Republican from San Diego said in a statement June 26 to The Epoch Times....