AN INITIATIVE PETITION FOR A LAW RELATIVE TO THE REGULATION AND TAXATION OF NATURAL PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES

Be it enacted by the People, and by their authority, as follows:

THE NATURAL PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES ACT

SECTION 1.  The purpose of this act is to establish a new, compassionate, culturally responsible, and effective approach to natural psychedelic substances by: (a) establishing regulated access for adults 21 years of age and older to natural psychedelic substances that show therapeutic or spiritual potential to increase well-being and life satisfaction and improve mental health; and (b) adopting a public health approach to natural psychedelic substances by removing criminal penalties for limited production and use by adults 21 years of age and older.  Its intent is to remove the personal production and use of natural psychedelic substances from the illicit market, and—separately—to provide supervised, safe access to therapeutic or spiritual settings for regulated and taxed use of natural psychedelic substances. To the fullest extent possible, its terms are to be interpreted in accordance with the purpose and intent set forth in this section.

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