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TRENTON, NJ – Lawmakers in New Jersey have taken a major step toward legalizing and regulating psilocybin for therapeutic use, advancing a measure known as the “Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act.”

The Assembly Health Committee approved a substitute version of Assembly Bill 3852, establishing an extensive framework for the controlled production, distribution, and clinical use of psilocybin in behavioral health care.

If enacted, the bill would position New Jersey among the first East Coast states to authorize supervised psilocybin therapy for mental health and trauma-related conditions.

The legislation outlines an 18-month development period for the state Department of Health to build and oversee a licensing, testing, and facilitation program before psilocybin serv

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