Grieco tells
New Times his bill is a patchwork culled from of proposals from other states, particularly a recent Oregon bill that legalized medical psilocybin. He hopes the level of detail in his 59-page proposal will make legislators take the drug seriously as a medical treatment.
"When people think of 'magic mushrooms,' they think of listening to Pink Floyd and tie-dye T-shirts, but we should take this seriously," Grieco says. "We have veterans and Floridians who have deep depression and post-traumatic stress disorder who are resistant to other medications."
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated psilocybin treatment as a breakthrough therapy for major depressive disorder, putting its imprimatur on preliminary clinical evidence indicating that mushrooms may be more effective than existing means of treatment.