Question 4 has been endorsed by Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Massachusetts, representing over 60,000 disabled veterans in the Commonwealth, by Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), by five city councils (Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, Easthampton, Northampton), by over 50 elected officials, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, and by over 300 medical and mental health care professionals, including notable psychiatrists like Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, who signed a letter of support for Question 4. 

Massachusetts Elected Officials

US Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts)
State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa (Northampton)
Auditor Diana DiZoglio (Massachusetts)
City Councillor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler (Cambridge)
City Councillor Patricia Nolan (Cambridge)
City Councillor/ former Mayor Siddiqui Sumbul Siddiqui (Cambridge)
City Councilor Jesse Clingan (Somerville)
City Councilor Jean Bradley Derenoncourt (Brockton)
City Councilor Owen Zaret (Easthampton)
City Councilor Kocayne “Koco” Givner (Holyoke)
City Councilor Justin Tseng (Medford)
City Councilor Maria Giesta (New Bedford)
City Councilor Zaida Govan (Springfield)
City Councilor Victor Davila (Springfield)
City Councilor Jonathan Paz (Waltham)
City Councilor Shane Burgo (New Bedford)
City Councilor Albert Trey Fuccillo (Marlborough)
Mayor Nicole LaChapelle (Easthampton)
City Councilor Zac Bears (Medford)
State Representative Danillo Sena (Acton)
City Councillor Juan Pablo Jaramillo (Revere)
City Councillor Andrew Varela (Salem)
City Councilor Conrad Prosniewski (Salem)
City Councillor Jeff Cohen (Salem)
Senator Jamie Eldridge (Acton)
City Councilor Willie Burnley Jr (Somerville)
State Representative Mike Connolly (Cambridge)
State Representative Natalie Higgins (Leominster)
State Representative Aaron Saunders (Belchertown)
State Representative Samantha Montaño (Boston)
State Representative Carlos Gonzalez (Springfield)
State Representative Russell Holmes (Boston)
State Representative Shirley Arriaga (Holyoke)
State Representative Nicholas Boldyga (Southwick)
State Senator Adam Gomez (Springfield)
State Senator Paul Mark (Lenox)
Town Councilor Jesse Gordon (Randolph)
City Councilor Salem Derby (Easthampton)
City Councilor Rachel Maiore (Northampton)
Vice-Mayor City of Cambridge Marc McGovern (Cambridge)
City Councilor Matthew McLaughlin (Somerville)
City Councilor Khrystian King (Worcester)
Mayor Will Reichcelt (West Springfield)
State Representative Mike Finn (West Springfield)
State Representative Pat Duffy (Holyoke)

Medical and Mental Health Professionals

More than 300 health care professional sign our letter of support for Question 4.

Kwasi Adusei, DNP (CA)
Sunil Aggarwal, MD, PhD, FAAPMR, FAAHPM (WA)
Tunde Aideyan, PhD (MA)
Laura Aikens, PMHNP-BC (NY)
Saed Al-Olimat, PharmD (PA)
Shannon Albarelli, Psy.D. (MA)
Brian Anderson, MD, MSc (CA)
Bonnie Arzuaga, MD (MA)
German Ascani, MS, MD, board certified psychiatrist (CO)
Kaitlyn Ayers, RN (MA)
Naomi Azar, PhD (MA)
Natalie Ball, APRN, FNP-BC (MA)
Elizabeth Barch, PsyD (MA)
Claudia Barfoot, LMHC, LPC (CO)
Alanna Barnes, LMHC (MA)
Rick Barnett, PsyD (VT)
Emma Barton, MA, LMHC, BC-DMT, FMCHC, E-RYT, (MA)
Tamara Battis-Lee, LCSW (MA)
Yvan Beaussant, MD, MSc (MA)
John Beland, LICSW (MA)
Ashley Bentzel, M.A. (MD)
Patricia Bergstedt, RN (NJ)
Caitlin Bernhard, MSN, FNP (MA)
April Berry-Fletcher, LICSW, PhD (MA)
Matthew Biffen, Paramedic (PA)
Brittany Bilotti, RN (LA)
Jennifer Black, MD (VT)
Christina Blake, LMSW (TX)
Andrew Boland, PhD (MA)
Jana Bolduan Lomax, PsyD (CO)
Robert Bonazoli, LICSW (MA)
Laurie Boscaro, LPC (CO)
Chase Bourbon, CMA (MA)
Christina Braddock, APRN (HI)
Melissa Brough, PhD (VT)
Karen Brouhard, LICSW (MA)
Rodney Brown, Certified Psychedelic Integration Coach (CA)
James Buchanan, LPCC (CO)
Julie Buchinski, LICSW (MA)
Kimberly Bulava, PsyD (SD)
Carolyn Burke, LMFT (MA)
Colby Burns, PharmD (WA)
Elizabeth Butler, PsyD (CA)
Laura Camilo, MSW, LCSW (NC)
Nova Carmichael, LMHC (MA)
Nadia Carter, NP (MA)
Patricia Carter, LICSW (MA)
Cat Cavero, LVN (CA)
Alyssa Cloutier, MSW, LCSW (MA)
Mary Kate Coppedge, PMHNP (OR)
Mary Cosimano, LMSW (MD)
Erica Cowan, RN, NC-BC (CO)
Kristy Crabtree, LPC (AZ)
Charlene Craig, CHES (MA)
Lance Cutsforth, DASc, BCDFM (CO)
Lia DAngelo, RN (MA)
Mandy Datro, LICSW (MA)
Jennifer DeLorenzo, LICSW (MA)
Athena Desai, MAOM, Dipl OM, Lic Ac (MA)
Aaron Deterding, Chinese Medicine Student (CO)
Karen Diao, RN (NY)
Candace Dickinson, LMHC (MA)
Maria Donaty-Gurba, LCSW, LCAS, RN (NC)
Erin Doolittle, MA MFT (CT)
Caroline Dorsen, PHD, RN (NY)
Lisa Dorval, LICSW (MA)
Alyssa Draffin, MSW, LCSW (NC)
Elizabeth Driscoll, PhD (MA)
Rachael Duda, LMHC (MA)
Jess Dugan, MA in Counseling Candidate (LPCC ‘25) (CO)
Alison Dwyer, APRN-BC (MA)
Brian E McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA (MA)
Regina Eastman, LCMHC, Certified Psychedelic Facilitator (NH)
John Eckelman, PhD Clinical Psychologist (MA)
Jessica Edwards, MSW, DSW, LICSW (MA)
Jennifer Egloff, LCSW (CO)
Vassily Eliopoulos, MD (CO)
Shira Ellenberg Blanton, MSN, RN, CCRN (IL)
Amy Eller, PhD (MT)
Rachel Epstein, PsyD (MA)
Fernando Espi Forcen, MD, PhD, psychiatrist (MA)
Samuel Evans, LMSW (CT)
Karolin Falk, MA (NY)
Cindy Faria, LICSW (MA)
Nima Fayazmanesh, MD (CA)
Olivia Finnegan, LICSW (MA)
Katherine Fischer, PsyD (MA)
Courtney Fitzgerald, LMHC (MA)
Jessica Fitzmaurice, RN (AR)
John Fitzpatrick, DVM (CA)
Taylor Flatt, RN, PMHNP (OH)
Judith Flynn, LMHC (MA)
April Forand, RN (NH)
Mary Fortunato, LMHC (MA)
MIchael Fratkin, MD, FAAHPM (CA)
Susan Frederick, MD (CO)
Janna Frelich, MT-BC, LMHC (MA)
Maria Freytsis, BSN, CNM, MPH (MA)
Annette Furst, MD (MA)
Scott Gagel, PA-C (IN)
Reagan Gagnon, PA-C (MA)
Michael Geci, MD (NY)
Sarko Gergerian, MS, MA, MHC, CARC, RCP, RCPF (MA)
Elle Gill, LCSW-A, MSW (NC)
Lianne Gillooly, Certified Death Doula (NY)
Donna Gilman, PsyD (MA)
Deborah Giniewicz, RN (MA)
Rebecca Girard, MSW, LICSW (MA)
Marcia Glass, MD (CA)
Marushka Glissen, LICSW (MA)
Melissa Glynn-Hyman, LICSW (MA)
Veronika Gold, LMFT (CA)
Matthew Goldfinger, DO MSc (MA)
George Henry Grant, MDiv, PhD (GA)
George Greer, MD (NM)
Peter Grinspoon, M.D. (MA)
Charles Grob, MD (CA)
Anthony Gross, CNP, RN (MA)
Francis Guerriero, MA, MSW, LICSW (MA)
Sharon Guidaboni, RN (MA)
Tara Gupta, PhD (PA)
Audrey Hall, PMHNP-BC (MA)
Teresa Haly, APRN (MA)
Rachel Hartstein, Lic.Ac. (MA)
Lawrence Hauser, MD (TX)
Benjamin Hawes, L.Ac (CO)
Marcia Head, LICSW (MA)
Patricia Hertz, LICSW (MA)
Sam Himelstein, PhD (CA)
Elise Hoblitzelle, LMHC (MA)
Selma Holden, MD, MPH, MS (Mass License: 254276) (ME)
Julie Holland, MD (NY)
Heather Honstein, RN, PMHNP (VA)
James Hopper, PhD (MA)
Timothy Huber, PhD, LMHC (MA)
Shannon Hughes, MSW, PhD, LSW (CO)
Kerri Husman, MD (IA)
April Huynh, PharmD (MA)
Gwen Ingram-Jones, LMFT (WA)
Lindsay Jensen-Evans, LMFT (HI)
Edith Johns, LICSW (MA)
Matthew Johnson, PhD (MD)
Emily Johnson, RN (MA)
Rebecca Jones, PhD, PMHNP-BC, RN (CT)
Lee Parker Jones, LICSW (MA)
Stephanie Karzon Abrams, MSc Clinical Pharmacologist (CA)
Heidi Kelleher, PMHNP-BC (MA)
Hannes Kettner, MSc (CA)
Hilary Kiley, CPS (MA)
Mayer Kirkpatrick, L.AC. (MA)
Rebecca Koch, LMHC (MA)
Stacey Kohler, LICSW (MA)
Jason Konner, MD (NJ)
Vince Kozica, Board Certified Health Coach (MA)
Eric Krawczyk, LMHC (MA)
Michael Krosin, MD (CA)
Emily Kulpa, PharmD (OR)
Jayme Kurland, LICSW (MA)
Andrew Lapin, LMHC (MA)
Gaetano Lardieri, LMT (NJ)
Gaetano Lardieri, LMT (NJ)
Dawn Larson, Registered Psychotherapist (MS) (CO)
An-Nhien Le, MSN, RN, CPN, PMHNP-BC (CA)
Rebecca Leach, RN (MA)
Amy Leek, LMHC (MA)
Dori Lewis, LPC, LMHC (CO)
Andrea Lithgow, Trauma recovery life coach, MFA (NC)
Stephanie Loconte, RN (MA)
Lou Lukas, MD (NE)
Christopher Luongo-Zink, LMHC (MA)
Leslie H. MacCardell, Ph.D., M.P. (MA)
Dan MacCombie, MA, LAC (NY)
Rachael Macknight, LMHC (MA)
Ashley Mahoney, LMHC (MA)
Benjamin Malcolm, PharmD, MPH (OR)
William Maronn, LCSW (MA)
Brandon Marshall, PhD (RI)
Susan Martinson, NP (MA)
Wendy Marussich, RN, PMHNP, PhD (CA)
Clare McBee, LICSW (MA)
Robin McKeon, PT (MA)
Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH (PA)
Salimah Meghani, PhD (PA)
Nicky Mehtani, MD, MPH (CA)
Margot Meitner, LICSW and ordained Rabbi (MA)
Dara Menashi, PhD (MA)
Erica Messinger, DNP Student – Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, BSN, RN (CO)
Jennifer Meyer, PSM, MLS (NC)
Maria Micha, MSc Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CA)
Nathaniel Mills, Ph.D. (CA)
Dan Morley, CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) (MA)
Christopher Morrison, LPC (MA)
Sarah Morse, LMFT (MA)
Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD (CA)
Marianne Moskowitz, LMHC (MA)
Daniel Mossman, LMHC (MA)
Victoria Murra, MA (TX)
Nancy Nagle, MD (OK)
Vilmarie Narloch, PsyD (IL)
Kirsten Newman, LMHC (MA)
Roxanne Nichols, Doctor of Acupuncture (DAc) (MA)
Nicholas Nowak, PharmD, BCPS (SC)
Kelly O’Connor, DACM (MA)
Lola Ohonba, PHARM.D (FL)
Thomas O’Keefe II, RN (MA)
Michou Olivera, Psychedelic Facilitator, Researcher (MA)
Anita Pandolfe Ruchman, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (MA)
Barbara Parrish, LCSW (PA)
Aneel Paulus, MD (FL)
Marlo Pedroso, LICSW (MA)
Terence Penn, PhD (MD)
Seana Peterson, LICSW (MA)
Laura Pilitsis, MAOM, L.Ac (MA)
Diane Pohl, RN (MA)
Roger Pottanat, MD (MA)
Bruce Poulter, RN, MPH (CO)
Jana Pressley, Psy.D (MA)
Robert Purdy, LMHC (MA)
John Ragno, LMHC (MA)
Marie Rahme, CRNA (RI)
Rachel Rahn, MSW, LICSW, CADC II (MA)
Bhavya Rajanna, MD (MA)
Holly Randall, DNP (MA)
David Raniere, PhD (MA)
Alicia Reed, MSW student (NC)
Lindley Reynolds, LCSW (NC)
William Richards, STM, PhD (MD)
Lisa Rines-Toth, LMHC (MA)
Erin Rioux, LICSW (MA)
Mark Robbins, MD (MA)
Stephen Roberts, MD (MA)
Marisa Roberts, MD (MA)
Robin Garjian Robin Garjian, LMSW (MA)
Edna Rodriguez, PsyD (MA)
Christine Rodriguez, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, MDiv, MA, FNYAM (CT)
Kristina Marie Rodriguez, RN-BSN (HI)
Christy Roman, LMHC (MA)
Dan Ronken, LPC, LAC (CO)
Larry Rosenberg, PhD (MA)
Sarah Rossmassler, APRN, DNP (MA)
Heather Ruemenapp, LICSW (MA)
Zachary Sager, MD (MA)
Crystal Salas, PMHNP-BC (TX)
Bianca Santomasso, MD, PhD (NY)
Guy Sapirstein, PhD (MA)
Wilderness Sarchild, LMHC, M.A. (MA)
Gabriella Savitz, RN (MA)
Jennifer Schneider, LICSW (MA)
Meaghan Serra, PA (MA)
Robin Sessa, MAOM, DACM. LAc (MA)
Alan Shackelford, M.D. (CO)
Scott Shannon, MD, FAACAP (CO)
Valerie Sharpe, MD (MA)
Kerry Shea, DO (CO)
Katrina Shepard, LICSW (MA)
Sara Shewchuk, LMHC (MA)
Roxanne Sholevar, MD (MA)
Alexis Silver, MSW, LICSW (MA)
Esther Silverman, LICSW (MA)
Ashley Sitkin, LICSW (MA)
Zachary Skiles, PsyD (WA)
Clarice Snell Baumgartner, MD (CO)
Kaitlyn Sobiech, MPH Student (MA)
Kristin Speer, PharmD, Pharmacist, Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (CO)
C.J. Spotswood, PMHNP (ME)
Anne St Goar, MD (MA)
Jeff Steel, D.Div., MS (MN)
Matt Stella, LICSW (MA)
Mackenzie Stinehart, PharmD (MA)
Meg Striepe, PhD (MA)
Lori Strolin, LICSW (MA)
Brooke T, RN (NJ)
Burton Tabaac, MD (NV)
Cynthia Tavilla, Psy.D. (MA)
Adam Taylor, RN (MA)
Katy Taylor, CRNA (VT)
Anad Thomas, CRNA (RI)
Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, BCPP (CA)
Scott Thompson, PhD (CO)
Alexander Tracanna, Rehabilitation Aide (MA)
Raymond Turpin, M.A., Psy.D. (NC)
Marlee Tyska, MSW, LICSW (MA)
Erin Vahratian, LMHC (MA)
Emily Vallario, PharmD (MA)
Bessel van der Kolk, MD. (MA)
Joseph W Van Derveer III, MD (CO)
Koene Van Dijk, PhD (MA)
Ranji Varghese, MD (MN)
Michaela Vogt, LPC, LAC (CO)
Karolina Walsh, LMHC (MA)
Patrick Wanis, PhD (FL)
Laura Warren, MD (MA)
Robert Warren, MD (MA)
Brianna Wasson, RN (OR)
Kenneth Weingardt, MS, PhD (CO)
Nicole White, PMHNP (MA)
Gary Whited, Ph.D. (MA)
Elizabeth Willems, PsyD (MA)
Angela Winslow, LMHC (MA)
Missi Wooldridge, MPH (NY)
David Wright, MD (NC)
Gregory Wylie, M.ED, BCBA, LABA (MA)
Michael Young, Mdiv Certificate in CAM (MA)
Anna Yusim, MD (CT)
Matt Zemon, MSc (NC)
Jennifer Zuckerman, RN, FNP (FL)

Local Government and Political Committees

Somerville City Council
Cambridge City Council
Easthampton City Council
Medford City Council
Northampton City Council

Billerica Democratic Town Committee
Cohasset Democratic Town Committee
Boston Ward 4 Democratic Committee
North Adams Democratic City CommitteeBourne
Melrose Democratic City Committee
Boston Ward 11 Democratic Committee
Hull Democratic Town Committee
Marlborough Democratic City Committee
Fall River Ward 8 Democratic Committee
Rockport Democratic Town Committee

Organizations

Disabled American Veterans of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Sierra Club
Heroic Hearts Project
Veteran Healing
Veterans Alliance for Psychedelic Access
Progressive Mass
Jamaica Plain Progressives
The Hope Project
SoundMind Institute
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Parents for Plant Medicine
Chacruna Institute
Microdosing Collective
Hippie and a Veteran Foundation
Veterans Psychedelic Network
Stoke Therapy
Merrimack Valley Project
The Red Path Spiritual Healing Retreat
Clusterbusters
Psychedelics & Pain Association
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)