To the North Carolina General Assembly, Destin Hall, Phil Berger, and Bill Rabon,

We call on North Carolina lawmakers to create a regulated, affordable therapeutic psilocybin program delivered in licensed, professionally supported settings. This is about safety, ethics, and responsible access for people and families who are sick and suffering.

We are Cody Blue Snider and Tanya Dahl Snider, North Carolina residents. Our work with plant medicine has never been about recreation. It has always been about healing, responsibility, and guided support. Through careful, ceremonial, and professionally supported experiences, we have seen how these medicines, when approached with preparation and care, can help people facing real mental and physical health challenges. Our families, and we ourselves, are among those people.

Recently, our family publicly shared a deeply personal milestone when Dee Snider participated in his first guided mushroom ceremony after a lifetime of sobriety, seeking relief from age-related health struggles. That moment strengthened our commitment to advocate for safe, legal, and accountable access here in North Carolina.

Our state is facing a serious mental health crisis, and many residents lack effective options. Without a lawful pathway, people are pushed into unregulated situations, forced to travel, or left without help. Regulation protects public safety by creating standards, oversight, and accountability.

We are asking lawmakers to establish a therapeutic psilocybin framework that includes licensed facilities, trained facilitators, screening, informed consent, safety protocols, and oversight. This is a call for a carefully regulated therapeutic model.

This framework should also allow culturally informed, ceremonial, and spiritually grounded facilitation approaches to be eligible within the licensed system, provided they meet established training, ethical, and safety standards. Healing traditions that emphasize ceremony, integration, and community support should not be excluded when they operate responsibly in accordance with regulations.

Affordability must be a core requirement so access is not limited to those with wealth, including veterans and individuals facing serious health challenges.

North Carolina has already begun exploring psychedelic policy. We ask lawmakers to take the next step toward a safe, regulated, and compassionate path to therapeutic access.

We respectfully ask lawmakers to:

• Pass legislation creating a regulated therapeutic psilocybin program
• Establish clear standards for safety, training, ethics, and oversight
• Ensure affordability and responsible access are built into the system

If you believe North Carolina should offer a safe, regulated, and affordable path to therapeutic psilocybin, please sign and share this petition.

Thank you for standing with us.

Sincerely,
Cody Blue Snider & Tanya Dahl Snider