By Natan Ponieman Adding to a wave of psychedelics legalization measures that are sweeping across the American Northwest, lawmakers in Washington State introduced a bill that would create a state-licensed program to provide medical treatment with psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms. Photo by Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images In Washington, patients would be referred to a licensed service center and those with limiting medical conditions could qualify for psilocybin treatment at home. The legislation echoes a program launched in 2020 by neighboring Oregon, where a ballot bill allowed for the creation of a state-licensed psilocybin therapy program which is now in the final stages of its two-year set-up period. RELATED: Washington State Eases Cannabis Licensing Restrictions For Convicted Felons “This is a practice as old as humanity itself and it is time to incorporate this opportunity to heal into our toolbox here in Washington state,” Senator Jesse Salomon, one of the bill’s sponsors, told Marijuana Moment. RELATED: BREAKING: City of Seattle Decriminalizes Psychedelics The legislation echoes a program launched in 2020 by neighboring Oregon, where a ballot bill allowed for the creation of a state-licensed psilocybin therapy program which is now in the final stages of its two-year set-up period.