BOSTON — More than a year after voters rejected a plan to legalize “magic” mushrooms, advocates have renewed the push on Beacon Hill for the use of psychedelic drugs again.
The Joint Committee on Public Health voted to advance bipartisan legislation that would decriminalize the drug for adults 21 and older for treatment of post-traumatic stress and other ailments for veterans, law enforcement officers or others who are “professionally diagnosed” with a “qualifying” condition.
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By Christian M. Wade | Statehouse Reporter
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