Four legislators announced on March 7 that they have refiled their psychedelic therapy bill. Originally, Booker and Paul filed the previous version of this bill in November 2022, but it did not receive any progress in the Senate. Many patients could benefit from access to MDMA and psilocybin treatments, especially veterans. Senate Bill 326, or the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act, would require that the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) conduct research and report findings to congress regarding its therapeutic value. There are other efforts currently underway to help boost research efforts for cannabis as a way to treat PTSD and chronic pain in military veterans.
Four legislators announced on March 7 that they have refiled their psychedelic therapy bill. Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Madeleine Dean, Sen. Cory Booker, and Sen. Rand Paul introduced the Breakthrough Therapies Act, an updated bill that...
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