At least three more U.S. states will introduce bills to either let therapists use psilocybin legally or decriminalize small amounts before December 31, 2026. Oregon and Colorado already did this, and other states like California and Washington have activist groups pushing hard. When the federal government can't agree on something, states usually try it first — that's what happened with cannabis, and it's happening with psychedelics now.
Oregon and Colorado have created a replicable legislative template. Federal gridlock historically accelerates state-level experimentation — this pattern is well-documented in cannabis, where a handful of early movers triggered a cascade. Three states is a deliberately conservative floor given that several states (e.g., California, Washington, Massachusetts) have active advocacy infrastructures and prior near-miss bills. The prediction is falsifiable: introduction (not passage) is the resolution criterion, which is a lower bar than enactment.