Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing doctors in the state to immediately begin prescribing certain Schedule I illegal psychedelic drugs—like psilocybin and MDMA—should they be federally rescheduled.
AB 1021, which is sponsored by California Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks, Isaac Bryan, and Corey Jackson, dictates that if the federal government reschedules any Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, California doctors will automatically be able to prescribe and dispense said drug to patients with certain conditions.
In addition to rescheduling,…
