Kyle Jaeger, writing for Marijuana Moment:
The psychedelics reform movement has seen a wave of successes at the state and local level over the past couple years, but a newly formed group says the timing is right to take their activism to the next stage: Congress.
The Plant Medicine Coalition (PMC)—founded by the head of the Washington, D.C. campaign that got psychedelics decriminalization passed locally in November’s election—is a national organization that hopes to build upon what’s already been accomplished and bring the issue to Capitol Hill, in part by pushing lawmakers to approve federal funding for research into the therapeutic potential of substances like psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca.
They will also work to ensure the effective implementation of D.C.’s city-level policy change while supporting other local activists as they push to change laws governing natural or synthetic psychedelics.
An attempt to decriminalize psychedelics at the federal level—bravo. And what makes this even better is that the Plant Medicine Coalition is a women-led, non-profit, grassroots advocacy organization. Here’s hoping they succeed; it certainly won’t be easy.
The group’s Twitter account is brand-new but it’s worth a follow if you want to keep up-to-date with their progress.