Requires the office of addiction services and supports to encourage, aid, and facilitate clinical research into the use of ibogaine in drug treatment for heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine addiction.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1817
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and
Substance Use Disorders
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring the
office of addiction services and supports to encourage, aid, and
facilitate clinical research into the use of ibogaine in drug treat-
ment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 19.07 of the mental hygiene law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision (o) to read as follows:
3 (o) The office of addiction services and supports shall encourage,
4 aid, and facilitate clinical research into the use of ibogaine in drug
5 treatment for heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine addiction.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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