Illinois Lawmaker Files Bill to Launch Psilocybin Equity Pilot Program – Marijuana Herald/NewsBreak

The legislation would create a regulatory framework for the production, distribution, and supervised use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. HB 2992 proposes a 15 percent tax on psilocybin purchases, with revenue directed to newly established state funds, and it amends the Illinois Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain psilocybin-related data from public disclosure and modifies the state’s DUI laws to account for psilocybin use.