California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill that would have decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill that would have decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at decriminalizing the possession and use of some hallucinogens, including psychedelic mushrooms.
"Newsom, a Democrat who championed legalizing cannabis in 2016, said in a statement Saturday that more needs to be done before California decriminalizes the hallucinogens.
“California should immediately begin work to set up regulated treatment guidelines - replete with dosing information, therapeutic guidelines, rules to prevent against exploitation during guided treatments, and medical clearance of no underlying psychoses,” Newsom’s statement said. “Unfortunately, this bill would decriminalize possession prior to these guidelines going into place, and I cannot sign it.”"
At least there's an attempt to have a reasonable explanation.
The whole premise of this veto is that the infrastructure isn't set up for mushrooms to be used as a safe medicine. Which completely ignores the fact that most people who use mushrooms do so recreationally; who gives a shit if it can or can't be used by the medical system? That would be great, but it has no bearing on whether mushrooms should be legalized.
If CA decriminalizes it, everyone would be looking toward the state to see its success or failure. Opponents would try to find any excuse to shut it down whether in CA or other states. So if we can set up guidelines and necessary infrastructure for safe use, both medically and recreationally, it would be better for long term success of psylocybin legalization.
I asked Bing's chatbot who was against the bill (who funded "The California Coalition for Psychedelic Safety and Education"), and this is what it told me.
The California Coalition for Psychedelic Safety and Education does not disclose its sources of funding on its website1. However, some of its members have been involved in other anti-drug campaigns, such as the Drug Free America Foundation and the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids2. These groups have received funding from various sources, including pharmaceutical companies, private foundations, and government agencies2. It is possible that the coalition receives some of its funding from similar sources, but this is not confirmed. The coalition claims to be a grassroots organization of concerned citizens who want to protect public health and safety1.
Boo. Everyone boo this man.
HAVE YOU SUCKED DICK FOR COKE???
RIP Bob Saget
So progressive! /s
Pisses me off. It's California! C'mon!
Is California not the state of “progressive oh wait not so far let’s walk it back”? That’s how you’re seen by the east coast progressives at least. It’s like how New York is exactly as progressive as Wall Street permits it to be
Newsom dialing back the progressivism for his presidential run.
California registered voters,
Consider signing this petition. This group needs help getting funding to use psychedelics to treat mental health. They need 1 million signatures and it must be done via wet signatures.
Read up at this link and if it sounds like something you support, please sign.
Sounds like the pharmaceutical companies are still investing in governments.
This just Newsom wanting to keep his chances for a future Presidential bid alive. Don't want to see attack ads about him being on shrooms.
While it remains illegal on the state and national level, some cities in California have already decriminalized. San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and Santa Cruz. Come take your next trip in the Bay area!
Signs a few good things, vetoes a few good things
Why can't we just get a solidly good governor for a while and not one that oscillates between "ok enough" and "frustrating"
At least there are periods of "ok enough". We're stuck with Eric Adams the landlord cop in NYC
Newsom supporting the war on drugs. 🤢
Gavin Newsom failed America by vetoing that bill.
Damn, he's just been vetoing everything lately. Gotta love that race toward the centre.
Newsom's "centrist" tribute to the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Goddammit
Letting perfect be the enemy of good... again.
Gavin Newsom, corporate whore, wannabe esq
"Advocates are attempting to place two initiatives to expand psychedelic use on the November 2024 ballot. One would legalize the use and sale of mushrooms for people 21 and older"
FYI that's Decriminalize California and their signature collection campaign is in full swing. https://decrimca.org/
Dammit
Just grow them yourself it's easy enough
Yeah yeah, we know. It’s also illegal, which means there are real nasty consequences for getting caught with them. Decriminalizing them would have reduced those real nasty consequences and made it much simpler to grow and possess your own.
Somebody fixing up their PTSD doesn’t need the fuzz coming down on them, regardless of how easy it is to grow the treatment.
Neither does someone who just wants to trip balls because that’s what they want to do this weekend.
I mean is it? Tbh it sounds like a nightmare trying to keep everything at the right temp and from contaminating.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Federal Drug Administration designated psilocybin as a “breakthrough therapy” for treatment-resistant depression in 2019 and recently published a draft guideline on using psychedelics in clinical trials.
“Psilocybin gave me my life back,” Joe McKay, a retired New York City firefighter who responded to the 9/11 attacks, said at an Assembly hearing in July.
“We’re grateful that Governor Newsom listened to some of the top medical experts, psychedelic researchers and psychiatrists in the country who all warned that legalization without guardrails was at best premature for both personal and therapeutic use,” the coalition said in a statement Saturday.
“This is a setback for the huge number of Californians — including combat veterans and first responders — who are safely using and benefiting from these non-addictive substances and who will now continue to be classified as criminals under California law,” Wiener said in a statement Saturday.
Two years later, Colorado voters also passed a ballot measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms and to create state-regulated centers where participants can experience the drug under supervision.
One would legalize the use and sale of mushrooms for people 21 and older, and the other would ask voters to approve borrowing $5 billion to establish a state agency tasked with researching psychedelic therapies.
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Oh yeah. What we clearly need to do is add interdimensionality to the nation with 1.1 firearms per person.
No thanks, War with the Machine Elves.