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California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage 7
#28460767 - 09/06/23 05:18 PM (4 months, 19 days ago) |
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California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage September 7, 2023 - Marijuana-Moment
A California bill to legalize certain psychedelics for adults 21 and older is officially on its way to the governor’s desk.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 21-14 to concur with Assembly amendments that were adopted after the originating chamber initially passed the bill from Sen. Scott Wiener (D) earlier this year. The finalized measure is now being transmitted to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has not publicly said where he stands on the reform.
The passage of the legislation is a significant win for advocates, military veterans and first responders who helped raise attention to the therapeutic potential of substances like psilocybin and mescaline, as well as the consequences of criminalization.
The bill would legalize the possession and personal cultivation of certain entheogenic plants and fungi for adults starting on January 1, 2025. A workgroup would be established under the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to study and make recommendations on establishing a regulatory framework to access the substances for therapeutic and facilitated use.
“This is a well-crafted, targeted bill to stop criminalizing people who are using these substances, including for health purposes,” Wiener told Marijuana Moment on Thursday. “I’m so grateful to my colleagues for their support, and I look forward to making the case to the governor that the bill deserves his signature.”
On the floor, the senator noted that “SB 58 received bipartisan support in the Assembly” and described compelling testimony the legislation received in committee from first responders who benefited from the use of psychedelics.
Newsom has long criticized the war on drugs and was among the most prominent politicians to champion adult-use marijuana legalization at a time when other elected officials shied away from embracing reform. But his position on psychedelics is unknown, and he’s also faced criticism from reform advocates after vetoing a bill last year that would have established a pilot program for safe drug consumption sites in the state. That measure was also sponsored by Wiener.
“We respect the legislative process and don’t typically comment on pending legislation,” a spokesperson for Newsom told Marijuana Moment on Thursday. “The governor will evaluate the bill on its merits when it reaches his desk.”
The legislation was amended in several ways in the Assembly. For example, ibogaine was removed from the list of drugs that would be legal to possess and cultivate. The possession limit was also reduced as from amounts in the original Senate bill, and the effective date of the legalization provisions were pushed back until 2025 to give the workgroup time to develop recommendations for a regulatory framework.
The “allowable amount” section of the bill as amended allows for the following psychedelics possession limits: - Mescaline: 4 grams
- DMT: One gram
- Psilocybin: One gram, or up to one ounce of “a plant or fungi containing psilocybin”
- Psilocyn: One gram, or up to one ounce of “a plant or fungi containing psilocyn.”
It also says that adults could possess an “amount of spores or mycelium capable of producing an allowable amount of a plant or fungi which contain a controlled substance” that would be legalized under the bill.
Beside personal possession and cultivation being legalized, the bill would also specifically provide for “community-based healing” involving the entheogenic substances. It previously included “group counseling” as well, but an author’s amendment that was adopted in June removed all references to counseling. It also made a series of technical changes to clean up the legislation.
The legislation’s provisions around the transfer of covered psychedelics without remuneration were also recently revised, making it so people could share the substances within the context of therapeutic or facilitated use. Advocates had hoped that gifting would be more broadly legalized outside of regulated settings, but it appears that would remain prohibited without further legislative action.
This marks the second time that Wiener has championed psychedelics legalization legislation after an earlier version passed the Senate but stalled out in the Assembly last session. Unlike that prior version, this latest bill excludes synthetic psychedelics like LSD and MDMA from the list of substances that would be legalized and focuses only on those that are derived from plants or fungi.
When the prior version of the legislation was in jeopardy near the end of the 2022 session, Wiener sought to make a deal to save it by removing synthetics in an attempt to shift law enforcement organizations from being opposed to neutral on the bill. That move was opposed by advocates and ultimately did not produce a passable proposal.
Peyote is also excluded from the bill’s legalized substances list, which is responsive to concerns raised by some advocates and indigenous groups about the risks of over-harvesting the vulnerable cacti that’s been ceremonially used.
Asked whether he expects Newsom to support the legislation this session, Wiener told Marijuana Moment in June that “it’s unclear to me,” as the governor is “not expressing any opinion pro or con.”
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: veggie] 1
#28462001 - 09/07/23 10:51 PM (4 months, 18 days ago) |
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Too bad no LSD, but I totally get it and understand why. Very cool.
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: Dave Bowman]
#28462220 - 09/08/23 08:53 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Why not to LSD? What do you get making sense of it?
That’s way cool all around. Where with here soon that in people’s pockets will have no burning effect, so to say.
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: WhoManBeing]
#28462250 - 09/08/23 09:24 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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If LSD were legal for possession and "cultivation," that would mean giving people the go ahead to set up labs, which is a much more complicated regulatory endeavor than just allowing people to possess plants that naturally grow from the earth anyways.
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: Blue Cthulhu] 1
#28462337 - 09/08/23 11:33 AM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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I'm not in Cali, but I certainly hope that Gov. Newsom signs off on SB58. I wonder how likely it is that he will. He hasn't said either way, which raises concern.
If the governor does not sign I also wonder what happens to the psychedelics decrim movement. It will be a major setback, but I hope that Scott Wiener keeps up the fight and will introduce another bill.
Sign the damn bill, Newsom!
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: veggie]
#28462364 - 09/08/23 12:07 PM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Pretty cool indeed! Not sure about the possession limits though, who the fuck only grows one oz of mushrooms??
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: mind.at.large]
#28462606 - 09/08/23 05:42 PM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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Is there someway this can become a law if he doesn't sign it?
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: jay.ach] 1
#28462705 - 09/08/23 07:45 PM (4 months, 17 days ago) |
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In California, the governor has 12 days to sign the bill or veto it. If he does nothing, it becomes law. If he vetoes, the legislature could override. In this case, SB-58 has nowhere near enough support to override a veto.
There's no way Newsom is unaware of the bill and its medical, social and political implications. He's not stupid. He will approve and crow about the good he's doing for vets and so on. Or, he will veto and crow about protecting California from "dangerous drugs." It's entirely a political calculation.
Since Newsom is termed out (can't run for re-election), his "next" election will be on a national stage. His political calculation will be motivated by how US voters (not just California voters) see the issue.
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: veggie] 3
#28468771 - 09/14/23 12:24 PM (4 months, 11 days ago) |
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The bill is officially "Enrolled and presented to the Governor" as of 4pm on September 13. That makes September 25 the last day Governor Newsom can sign or veto the bill. If he does neither before the deadline (unlikely because whatever he does, Newsom will want to take credit for it), it becomes law without his signature.
So everyone please say prayers, burn sage and take mindful journeys for the next 11 days!
 
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: sonoramo] 1
#28468953 - 09/14/23 04:28 PM (4 months, 11 days ago) |
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: sonoramo]
#28482693 - 09/25/23 05:45 PM (4 months, 6 hours ago) |
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I was hoping SB-58 quietly passed without Newsom's signature. Multiple sources indicate that he has up until October 14, not today, to decide. Sign the bill!
So, 20 more days. 🤞
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: veggie]
#28483161 - 09/25/23 09:58 PM (4 months, 1 hour ago) |
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Gov. Newsom called to veto bill decriminalizing some psychedelics September 25, 2023 - KNX News
Governor Gavin Newsom is being called upon to veto a bill that would allow people 21 and older to possess and use some plant-based psychedelics by removing criminal penalties.
The California Narcotic Officers Association president, Ed Pecis, told KNX News reporter Margaret Carrero the bill puts policy before science.
"We do not have conclusive evidence for scientific or medical substance showing how well these drugs will help people. In fact, the studies used by the author of the Bill, Scott Wiener, conclude that psychedelics are not ready for widespread individual use, and all drugs, as you know, should go through the FDA for proper research and approval prior to coming out to the public," Pecis said.
Cindy De Silva, a deputy district attorney in California, says the bill would add to the state's homeless crisis and drug issues.
"This particular bill has been marketed toward veterans and people with post-traumatic stress disorder as well as depression issues. But the problem is that's not who it targets in its wording. It's geared toward everybody, and without any guard rails," De Silva said.
Frank Lee with the Coalition Against Drugs agrees with De Silva and believes Senator Wiener's goal is to legalize all illegal drugs.
In a statement to KNX News, Senator Scott Wiener said the bill applies only to three non-addictive naturally occurring psychedelic substances, all of which have shown unprecedented potential in treating some of California's most entrenched mental health challenges.
The Senator says it's cruel and disingenuous to suggest a targeted measure to improve access to breakthrough PTSD treatments will trigger the end of all California drug prohibitions.
The statement noted that the bill was amended dozens of times to include prudent safeguards that will minimize risks, including tight quantity limits and age restrictions.
Senator Wiener also said veterans, first responders, and even former law enforcement are demanding these treatments for the unseen wounds from years of heroic service.
Reporter Margaret Carrero also spoke with Diane Goldstein, who is a retired Redondo Beach Police Lieutenant and currently the executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership.
Goldstein supports Senator Wiener's bill, saying, "In law enforcement's field of work, we see how destructive outdated drug laws can be to individuals and communities. Decriminalizing the simple possession and personal use of plant-based psychedelics will allow police officials, the courts, and prosecutors to prioritize serious threats to public safety."
As for missing guard rails, Goldstein said the decriminalization statute will not start until January 1, 2025, and will "Run a parallel path with a working group to study the impact on how to provide those necessary guard rails, how to create public health interventions."
She also pointed out that the California Narcotic Officers Association has previously stated during a 2021 legislative hearing that the CNOA's official position is that people should not be incarcerated for simple possession of drugs.
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: veggie]
#28483830 - 09/26/23 03:14 PM (3 months, 30 days ago) |
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veggie said: I was hoping SB-58 quietly passed without Newsom's signature. Multiple sources indicate that he has up until October 14, not today, to decide. Sign the bill!
So, 20 more days. 🤞
You are correct. When I calculated with the 12-day deadline earlier, I forgot the additional California constitution's article iv section 10(b)(1):
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(1) Any bill, ... passed by the Legislature on or before the date the Legislature adjourns for a joint recess to reconvene in the second calendar year of the biennium of the legislative session, and in the possession of the Governor after that date, that is not returned within 30 days after that date becomes a statute.
So of course the Legislature passes dozens of bills right on the 12-day deadline and so the 30-day deadline applies. I think the logic behind the 10(b)(1) is that the Governor wouldn't have time to review all the bills, and the Legislature would not be in session anyway to hold an override vote until they reconvene.
I keep refreshing the bill's official page obsessively to see if there's any change.
My State Senator is a co-signer of the bill, but he doesn't advertise that and nobody would know without reading the bill's page. Though it's close to his heart, "making dangerous drugs legal" is not something he wants to campaign on. I've also talked with other local elected officials who overtly support SB-58 to see how they assess the situation. They did campaign on decriminalization, but they think Newsom is a  , afraid that his signature on the bill could make him vulnerable to being branded as "the guy who made these drugs legal."
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: mind.at.large]
#28483901 - 09/26/23 04:31 PM (3 months, 30 days ago) |
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mind.at.large said: Not sure about the possession limits though, who the fuck only grows one oz of mushrooms??
A lot of states that have recently legalized weed have similar contradictions. If you grow out the number of plants you're permitted, and do halfway decently, then you're immediately over the possession limit the second you chop them down.
But I think really, once you get to that point, they're not gonna bother trying to micro-manage peoples' home grows. If they can't kick your door or collect taxes, then they'll lose interest in worrying about it real quick. They just want something on the books so they can shut down larger unlicensed operations that didn't pay for the privilege. Or, in the case of mushrooms, I don't think anyone has any idea how to handle the creation of a legit "industry." So they just went with the limit that's always been used for weed, to differentiate between personal possession and intent to distribute.
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: B Traven]
#28483919 - 09/26/23 04:53 PM (3 months, 30 days ago) |
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B Traven said: ... A lot of states that have recently legalized weed have similar contradictions. If you grow out the number of plants you're permitted, and do halfway decently, then you're immediately over the possession limit the second you chop them down...
At least in California, you get to keep as much weed at home as you can grow within the six-plants-at-a-time limit. You just can't transport larger quantities. With regard to mushrooms/DMT, SB-58 says:
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(1) “Allowable amount” means the following quantities of a substance per person. “Allowable amount” does not include the weight of any material of which the substance is a part or to which the substance is added, dissolved, held in solution, or suspended, or any ingredient or material combined with the substance specified in this subdivision as part of a preparation: (A) One gram of dimethyltryptamine, otherwise known as DMT. (B) One gram of psilocybin or one ounce of a plant or fungi containing psilocybin. (C) One gram of psilocyn or one ounce of a plant or fungi containing psilocyn.
The previous revision had 4 ounces or 2 grams of each substance. It was set with a view toward what a facilitator would carry to serve a small group. I guess 1oz/1g is what it took to get the bill across the finish line.
If you think of 25mg as a "typical" dose for psilocybin, 1g is 40 doses. So, more like 5 ounces. Maybe you'd try to grow strains that have high psilocin content, so you can have 1g of each. I don't know who would be responsible to assay your shrooms to determine if you're over that actual 1g limit!
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: sonoramo]
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Re: California Psychedelics Legalization Bill Is Officially Heading To Governor’s Desk After Final Senate Passage [Re: mistermiyagi]
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