Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to decriminalize certain psychedelics in California, including so-called magic mushrooms.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have decriminalized the possession and personal use of a short list of natural psychedelics, including “magic mushrooms.”
Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, the bill’s author, said the veto “is not the end of our fight,” and pledged to reintroduce legislation for next year that would focus on the therapeutic use of the psychedelics, as Newsom requested. The governor’s veto of the legislation, Senate Bill 58, is another blow to criminal justice reform advocates who’ve spent the last two years lobbying the Legislature to end the “war on drugs” and reduce criminal penalties for possessing and using certain psychedelics, and to veterans groups that want to see broader access to psychedelics for veterans living with post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders.
The veto marks a stark deviation from Newsom’s liberal image. Newsom was a strong advocate of Proposition 64, a 2016 ballot measure he championed as lieutenant governor that legalized the recreational use of marijuana in California. But it also underscores the mounting challenges he faces seven years later amid a ballooning homelessness and drug addiction crisis in the state.Dr.
Opponents of the bill included a long list of law enforcement groups concerned with public safety issues and psychedelics skeptics in the medical field.
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