A Utah bill that would narrowly legalize medical psilocybin — more commonly known as 'magic mushrooms' — has hit a dead end.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah bill that would narrowly, faltered at its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday when the Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to carry on with its business without taking action on the bill.
Escamilla's bill would legalize psilocybin similar to the way the state currently regulates medical cannabis, but would be enacted only as a temporary pilot program that would be open to no more than 5,000 Utahns. The Senate committee's lack of action on SB200 likely stalls the bill for the remainder of the Legislature's general session. It came after lawmakers heard fromin favor of the bill, arguing there is growing evidence psilocybin is a safe and effective treatment when administered in a controlled environment. But they also heard from medical professionals and advocates on the other side of the debate who argued Utah should not get in front of the FDA.
Eric Swartz testifies in favor of the bill as senators on the Senate Health and Human Services committee hear SB200 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. "We think the best way for this to process to happen if it is an effective medicine is to go through the FDA process, which would make it more cost-effective, which would make it safer, which would give a financing mechanism through the government and commercial health insurance, and will greatly offset costs to patients," McComber said.
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