Massachusetts Advocates Aim to Substitute Psychedelic Ballot Measure, Expose Voter Manipulation by D.C. PAC

Organizers with Bay Staters for Natural Medicines have video documentation of canvassers for New Approach PAC, the entity funding the ballot question campaign, lying to voters in an effort to get them to sign its petition.

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Massachusetts voters may soon have the opportunity to loosen the state’s policies on psilocybin “magic” mushrooms, an illegal psychedelic the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designates a “breakthrough therapy” for depression. However, Bay Staters for Natural Medicine, the nonprofit behind six local communities passing measures to end arrests for psilocybin mushrooms, is working to substitute the ballot measure for a new version they hope will keep treatments affordable if signatures to get the measure on the ballot are approved.

“The PAC behind this ballot question rigged the rules for psychedelic services in Oregon, where people are now charged around $3,500 for a gram of psilocybin mushrooms that normally costs $10. We will not let this entity corner life-saving treatments in our Commonwealth,” remarked James Davis, Bay Staters for Natural Medicine Cofounder and a former staffer for the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy.

Organizers with Bay Staters for Natural Medicines have video documentation of canvassers for New Approach PAC, the entity funding the ballot question campaign, lying to voters in an effort to get them to sign its petition. In the footage, paid canvassers can be seen making multiple misrepresentations, including claims that they are unpaid volunteers, that the law only applies to medical use, that costs will be covered by insurance, and that the ballot measure is the only way to legalize psychedelic services. The canvassers were not sure of the name of the organization that had hired them.

“This PAC and its front group, ‘Massachusetts for Mental Health Options,’ are shamelessly working to confuse voters and force through laws that will make it impossible for vets like me to afford this care,” said Michael Botelho, the founder of New England Veterans for Plant Medicine who shared with NBC Boston how mushrooms helped him work through combat PTSD.

Per reporting by WBUR, Bay Staters for Natural Medicine plans to work with state lawmakers to substitute the ballot question for a combination of policies that lawmakers filed earlier this year. These policies are designed to keep future psychedelic treatments accessible and affordable.

For example, Senator Jehlen and Representative Sabadosa filed An Act Relative to Plant Medicine, which will allow adults to grow and share modest amounts of psilocybin mushrooms and related plant medicines without commercializing them. Republican and former police officer, Representative Boldyga, filed a bill with the coalition that would create a simple system to become a licensed facilitator with psilocybin mushrooms.

“This is a call to action for plant medicine advocates to share their powerful stories of healing and hope,” said Representative Boldyga. “It’s critical that members of the Judiciary Committee hear from veterans, first responders, clinicians, mental health professionals, and the countless others whose lives have been transformed.”

In September, State House News Service reported on affordability concerns related to the D.C. PAC’s ballot question when the grassroots coalition with Bay Staters presented to nearly 60 state lawmakers and their staff on legislation already before the legislative body. Elected Senators and Representatives on the state’s Judiciary Committee asked how these treatments could be kept affordable. A Massachusetts mom and the wife of an Iraq War veteran, Jamie Morey, made it clear she supports the state bills over the ballot question. “This DC Super PAC is trying to rig our rules and the ballot system to profit off suffering in our communities.”

Noah Heller, an Oregon businessman who previously worked in the ketamine therapy and initially supported the ballot question passed in his state, called on Massachusetts voters to be wary of New Approach PAC’s claims. “The psilocybin services model sounds great, but has been an epic failure in Oregon. A single psilocybin session costs $3,500.  Psilocybin is federally illegal, which means neither private nor public health insurance can pay for these services. While the campaign may claim that will change soon, the truth is this is highly unlikely to happen. Remember medical cannabis has been legal in some states for almost three decades and that has yet to occur.”

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