On this edition of Century: Psychedelics in Louisiana. The state of Louisiana is considering legislation to establish a Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Initiative within the Louisiana Department of Health office of behavioral health. Under Senate Bill 43, that initiative would identify academic health centers that are conducting clinical studies and clinical trial-enabling studies for the use of psychedelic-assisted therapy for the treatment of opioid use disorders, co-occurring substance use disorders, and treatment-resistant neurological or mental health conditions. There was a hearing on SB43 April 28 before the Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee. We’ll hear portions of testimony from that hearing from witnesses including the lead sponsor of SB43 Senator Patrick McMath; Doctor Kevin S. Murnane, an Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of Basic Science Research for Louisiana Addiction Research Center at LSU Health Shreveport; retired National Guard Major General Glenn H. Curtis; General Curtis’s son, Nick Curtis; and Gary Hess, founder and Executive Director of the Veterans Alliance for Holistic Alternatives.