The Daily Delegate

By: Arseniy Guselnikov

The Forum senate committee on controlled substances, through this bill, will focus on the use and regulation of psychedelic drugs within therapy. The bill will do this by legalizing medical psychedelics – assisted therapy. It will only be implemented in California and will help people who suffer with anxiety, depression, and PTSD.”Approximately 32% of Californian adults reported symptoms of anxiety and/ or depressive disorder [and] Around 400,0000 californian youth aged 12 to 17 lived with depression.”(LA Outpatient Center) This quote was medically reviewed by Dominique Hamler, MSN, RN. “Some types of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin and MDMA, have shown promise as therapies for treatment – resistant depression and post traumatic stress disorder. They appear to work by encouraging the growth of new connections between neurons in the brain.”(“How psychedelic drugs may help with depression”). By making these medications legal, it will greatly lower the number of people who suffer with mental disorders in California.