Reschedule psilocybin to reduce unnecessary barriers to mental health research.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Move psilocybin to Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, on a research-only basis, to reduce the unnecessary regulatory barriers to legitimate medical and experimental research, which slow the development of new and vital treatments for mental health conditions in the UK.

The Government must urgently commission the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to review whether psilocybin should be rescheduled under the 2001 Regulations and if so, into which schedule it fits, and any mitigating actions to prevent risks of misuse/diversion. The Government must act quickly on these recommendations. Moving psilocybin out of Schedule 1 will reduce barriers to investigating it as a breakthrough mental health treatment, addressing the UK’s mental health crisis.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We already have a petition open calling for psilocybin mushrooms to be legalised for medical purposes, which you may wish to sign: Legalise and fund research on use of psilocybin mushrooms for medical purposes

Timeline

4 Aug 2020	Petition opened for signatures
18 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Sep 2020

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