CALIFORNIA SENATE VOTES IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZING NATURAL PSYCHEDELICS

SB 58 would legalize the personal or facilitated use of certain amounts of psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine, and mescaline. psilocybin for sale

California is set to join the list of states spearheading a new era in mental health treatment. psilocybin for sale.

Following the approval by state senators on Wednesday of a bill that would legalize natural psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms and DMT, as well as their facilitated use.

Supporters of psychedelic therapy have achieved an important victory with a 21-16 voting, as the bill aims to provide greater access to these substances. psilocybin for sale.

Which can assist in dealing with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

The bill will progress to the Assembly for further review. psilocybin for sale.

The vote marks an important moment in the growing national conversation about psychedelic drugs.

Along with numerous other states discussing the decriminalization and legalization of entheogens such as psilocybin mushrooms, this is no doubt a historical step towards de-stigmatizing psychedelics.

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SB-58 would legalize the personal or facilitated use of certain amounts of psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine, and mescaline by allowing their “possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, and transportation” for people 21 years and older.

, it is important to note that the legalization would not apply to “synthetic” psychedelics such as LSD and MDMA, unlike the previous version of Senator Scott Wiener’s (D) bill. 

The bill’s list of legalized substances does not include peyote, in response to concerns raised by advocates and indigenous groups regarding the cacti being over-harvested.

Peyote has been traditionally used in ceremonies. psilocybin for sale.

The bill would also establish guidelines for group counseling and community-based healing that involve the use of these substances.

SB-58 allows the following limits on psychedelic possession:

SB-58 Controlled substances: decriminalization of certain hallucinogenic substances.(2023-2024)

In a press release on Wednesday, Wiener stated that allowing the use of psychedelics for healing from PTSD, anxiety.

And depression or to improve well-being is an optimistic move for veterans and anyone interested in such treatments.

The proposal was almost decriminalized in the previous legislative session, and after working with stakeholders.

The proposal was limited to naturally occurring substances with quantity limits for personal use only. psilocybin for sale.

What about microdosing?

The mycelium, or rootlike structure, of Lion’s mane mushroom is part of the “Stamets Stack.”

Stamets, who over the last 40 years has discovered four new species of psychedelic mushrooms and written seven books on the topic, said he believes microdosing is a solution. psilocybin for sale.

That’s the practice of taking tiny amounts of a psilocybin mushroom several times a week to maintain brain health and a creative perspective on life.

A typical microdose is 0.1 to 0.3 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms, as compared with the 25-milligram pill of psilocybin that creates the full-blown psychedelic experience.

Stamets practices microdosing and has focused on a process called “stacking” in which a microdose of mushrooms is taken with additional substances believed to boost the fungi’s benefits.

His famous “Stamets Stack” includes niacin, or vitamin B3, and the mycelium, or rootlike structure, of an unusual mushroom called Lion’s mane.

Surveys of microdosers obtained on his website have shown significantly positive benefits from the practice of taking small doses.

“These are self-reported citizen scientists’ projects, and we have now around 14,000 people in our app where you register yourself and report your microdose,

” Stamets told an audience at the 2022 Life Itself conference, a health and wellness event presented in partnership with CNN.

“I’m going to say something provocative, but I believe it to my core: Psilocybin makes nicer people,” Stamets told the audience. “Psilocybin will make us more intelligent and better citizens.”

Scientific studies so far have failed to find any benefits from microdosing, leaving many researchers skeptical. psilocybin for sale.

“People like being on it, but that doesn’t validate the claims of microdosing,” Johnson said. “People like being on a little bit of cocaine, too.” psilocybin for sale

Experimental psychologist Harriet de Wit, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at the University of Chicago.

And was excited to study microdosing because it solves a key problem of scientific research in the field – it’s hard to blind people to what they are taking if they begin to trip. psilocybin for sale.

Microdosing solves that problem because people don’t feel an effect from the tiny dose.

De Wit specializes in determining whether a drug’s impact is due to the drug or what scientists call the “placebo effect,” a positive expectation that can cause improvement without the drug.

She published a study in 2022 that mimicked real-world microdosing of LSD, except neither the participants nor researchers knew what was in the pills the subjects took.

“We measured all kinds of different behavioral and psychological responses, and the only thing we saw is that LSD at very low doses produced some stimulant-like effects at first, which then faded,” de Wit said.

The placebo effect is powerful, she added, which might explain why the few additional studies done on it have also failed to find any positive results. psilocybin for sale.

“I suspect microdosing may have an effect on mood, and over time it might build up resilience or improve well-being,” Nutt said.

“But I don’t think it will rapidly fragment depression like macrodosing and going on a trip.” psilocybin for sale.