Pioneering research from leading medical research institutions such as Mass General and Johns Hopkins finds that natural psychedelic medicines can be effective in treating depression and anxiety. In fact, the FDA recently granted one of them “breakthrough therapy” designation for treatment-resistant depression – meaning that it may demonstrate substantial improvement over what’s currently available. This ballot question will allow Massachusetts residents to access this promising therapy.

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Massachusetts veterans are facing a PTSD crisis. More than 6 thousand veterans die by suicide each year, and countless more struggle with the trauma from their service. Many veterans suffering from PTSD have found healing and help with natural psychedelic medicines where other treatments have failed. This ballot question allows people with PTSD who have already tried therapy and pills without success a chance to recover and truly heal.

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Leading hospice providers and end-of-life medical practitioners support this question to allow natural psychedelic medicine therapy for terminally ill people suffering from depression and stress. Current law and medical practice allow dying patients to access medications for physical pain but offer little to address the mental suffering that is part of an end-of-life diagnosis. This ballot question would give dying patients access to a proven therapy that can help free them from anxiety and help them find peace.

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