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MI SB0499
Bill
AI Summary
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Creates exemption from criminal penalties for manufacturing, delivering, or possessing entheogenic plants or fungi (containing dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, mescaline, psilocybin, or psilocyn) when done without receiving money or other valuable consideration.
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Allows reasonable fees for counseling, spiritual guidance, or related services provided in conjunction with entheogenic plant or fungus use to not constitute "valuable consideration."
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Exempts individuals from prosecution for possessing or using entheogenic plants or fungi, adding this protection to existing controlled substances laws.
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Clarifies that "marihuana plant" means a plant that has produced cotyledons or a cutting that has produced cotyledons, affecting plant count thresholds in sentencing guidelines.
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Defines "entheogenic plant or fungus" to include any plant or fungus naturally containing specified indole amine, tryptamine, or phenethylamine compounds listed in the statute.
Legislative Description
Controlled substances: penalties; conduct associated with entheogenic plants and fungi; exempt from criminal penalties in certain circumstances. Amends secs. 7401, 7403 & 7404 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7401 et seq.).
Controlled substances: use
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Regulatory Affairs
9/14/2023