Psychedelics to be Legalised Across America by 2037, Report Says.
Psychedelics are being decriminalised at a “dizzying and accelerating rate.”
A recent analysis published by the American Medical Association, using legislative data trends throughout America, predicts the majority of US states will legalise the medicinal use of psychedelics by 2034 to 2037.
The main focus of the study was the shift towards the legalisation of MDMA (ecstasy), psilocybin (magic mushrooms), mescaline (peyote) and cannabis across many states.
“Legislative reform for psychedelic drugs has been proceeding in a rapid, patchwork fashion in the US,” wrote the study authors. “While early legislative efforts occurred in liberal states, the margin between liberal and conservative states has decreased over time… suggesting that psychedelic drug reform is becoming a bipartisan issue.”
Researchers have urged lawmakers to carefully consider key healthcare issues and standards surrounding the use of medicinal psychedelics.
Neuroscientist and psychiatry resident at the Washington School of Medicine, Joshua Siegel, describes the rapid and “accelerating” decriminalisation of psychedelics throughout America as “dizzying.”
