Treatment equity fund expected to widen psilocybin program access for low-income, rural New Mexicans

By: Leah Romero

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 513

Last Updated: 2 days, 18 hours ago

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New Mexico is setting up the statewide medical psilocybin program to be more accessible to patients later this year with the creation of a treatment equity fund, which was signed into law last week.

Psilocybin is naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in certain mushrooms.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the state’s annual budget, House Bill 2, on March 10. The bill includes $630,000 to create the Medical Psilocybin Treatment Equity Fund to make treatment …

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