Psychedelic mental health treatments will be legal in South Dakota, if approved by feds

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 536

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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A synthetic version of psychedelic mushrooms will be legal for use in mental health therapy in South Dakota if it’s approved by the federal government.

Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill into law on Tuesday that sets the state up to instantly legalize crystalline polymorph psilocybin if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves its use and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reschedules it from a drug of abuse to a drug with …

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