(SB1135)

GOVERNOR'S VETO

Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto Senate Bill 1135, which directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations that allow for prescribing, dispensing, possessing, and using pharmaceutical compositions of crystalline polymorph psilocybin.

This legislation is premature to the appropriate FDA approval and DEA drug scheduling. No other drugs are anachronistically codified by the state before federal approval. Psilocybin should first be FDA approved and rescheduled by the DEA before any state legislation should be considered.

Accordingly, I veto this bill.