Missouri patients could use psychedelic treatments under new gop right to try bill

In “Missouri Patients Could Use Psychedelic Treatments Under New GOP ‘Right-To-Try’ Bill,” journalist Kyle Jaeger drops some counter-intuitive facts – multiple Republican lawmakers in the Show-Me State are advancing bills to grant legal access to psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin, and ibogaine. By access, Jaeger explains this is for folks with serious illnesses. Yet, the fact these are Republican lawmakers (as opposed to the usual Democrat suspects) has certainly piqued much interest.

In line with a federal right-to-try law passed back in 2018, the Missouri bill would essentially align the state statute with the federal one. Existing law applies to patients with terminal illnesses. The new law would expand access to those with life-threatening and debilitating conditions. 

An unlikely movement is afoot in middle America with a traditionally conservative party in the driver’s seat. Who would have guessed it!

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