The push to legalize psychedelic-assisted therapy treatments continues, as patients say it helps and the FDA recently said some psychedelic drugs show promise.Nina Olmstead has struggled with anxiety most of her adult life, but she said her first ketamine assisted therapy session proved to be a breakthrough.'It gave me a sense of self understanding and self-forgiveness. That is kind of what I was trying to cultivate through therapy,' said Olmstead.
'It's all in the shadows because it's technically a crime, and so our primary goal is to bring it out of the shadows,' said Wiener. Wiener's years-long push to decriminalize the possession of psychedelic drugs came to an abrupt halt with a veto by Governor Newsom last fall.The revised bill wouldn't make recreational use legal, but rather open the doors for psychedelic assisted therapists.