New bill would allow psilocybin use for medical treatment

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A bipartisan group of legislators have introduced a bill at the roundhouse that would allow New Mexicans to take psychedelic mushrooms as treatment for certain medical conditions.

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Last legislative session, lawmakers approved researchers to look into medical uses of psilocybin. This year’s bill would create a program that opens the doors for treatment. “For psilocybin, it’s for depression, major depression and treatment resistant depression. That’s being fairly vigorously studied around the country,” said University of New Mexico Professor Lawrence Leeman.

Unlike cannabis, experts say psilocybin would not be for daily use, but used with medical supervision possibly twice a year. If approved, the program would be available in 2028.