Maryland lawmakers consider task force to decriminalize psychedelics – Baltimore Fishbowl

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Just last year Maryland legalized recreational marijuana for sale and consumption. Now, lawmakers are opening a possible pathway for psychedelic substances to be less scrutinized by the law.

The House of Delegates passed a bill 136-1 this week to establish a task force that would look into the possibility of decriminalizing psychedelic substances and make recommendations about how the law should handle them.
The report would be due by July 2025.
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“This is actually an area that’s been studied far more than cannabis, whether for behavioral health issues related to post traumatic stress disorder, addiction broader behavioral health, depression issues, addiction, chronic pain, just another tool in the toolbox when you’re dealing with a treatments,” said Sen Brian Feldman (D-Montgomery County), a sponsor for the bill.
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