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Committee hears testimony on bill to decriminalize personal cultivation and possession of psilocybin mushrooms
Summary
Rep. Potter presented House Bill 5186 to the House Judiciary Committee, seeking to decriminalize personal cultivation and possession of psilocybin-containing mushrooms and to have the Department of Health adopt enabling rules contingent on federal programs.
Representative Potter introduced House Bill 5186, described in testimony as a decriminalization measure for personal possession and home cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms for personal use. Potter told the committee the bill is largely identical to a version the House passed two years earlier and said it removes an earlier drafting error that could have enhanced penalties for larger amounts.
Professor Victoria Lippman, a visiting professor of law at Roger Williams (and fellow at Harvard’s Petrie-Flom Center), testified as a policy and legal expert, offering national context. Lippman told the committee that jurisdictions nationwide have moved to decriminalize or create regulated access programs for naturally occurring psychedelics, that…
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