Cory Booker and Rand Paul [Images courtesy of Senate.gov]
U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have drafted the Breakthrough Therapies Act, which would enable the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to research rescheduling Schedule I drugs such as psilocybin and MDMA to Schedule II.Rescheduling would make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to investigate the therapeutic potential of psilocybin and MDMA.
An aim to facilitate research“Unfortunately, regulatory red tape and a series of bureaucratic hurdles involved in studying Schedule I substances impedes critical research on these and other promising Schedule I compounds,” said Senator Booker in a news release. “This bill reduces these unreasonably burdensome rules and regulations that delay or prevent researchers from studying – and patients from accessing – this entire class of potential medicines.”
“This bill will make it easi…