First pot. Now shrooms.
Americans want access to psychedelic mushrooms and the psilocybin they produce. Advocates are pushing for legalization on several fronts.
Denver is the latest place where the mushroom movement is trying gain ground, reports NPR.
Who's at the door in Denver? Magic mushrooms.
Volunteers canvas for America's first psychedelic vote Tuesdayhttps://t.co/7KT9MvGoGN#Psilocybin pic.twitter.com/D65pF0kpUD
— Reilly Capps (@ReillyCapps) May 6, 2019
Residents on Tuesday are voting on a ballot measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, NPR reports.
#Voters could make #Denver the first #US city to #decriminalise #psilocybin – the psychoactive substance in "magic mushrooms" – and add a new chapter to the city's role in shaping wider drug policy.
A citizen initiative on the ballot has followed the same tack taken by marijuana pic.twitter.com/sMZfLyV7S9
— James E Daspit (@treasurecolecto) May 7, 2019
There’s a campaign in Oregon to get medical mushroom legalization on the 2020 ballot, according to NPR.
There are two bills proposed in Iowa aimed at legaizing psilocybin and a group in California is continuing their own effort, NPR reports.
While supervised use of psilocybin to treat anxiety, depression and addiction is supported by some in the medical community, many oppose its recreational use.
Episode 33 of #psilocybology is live. Today we discuss an article examining the effect of #psilocybin, #LSD, and #mescaline on the small involuntary eye movements known as saccades. I realized after recording that my pronunciation might be off…oops ??♀️https://t.co/XTeNAxROyY
— Psilocybology (@psilocybology) May 6, 2019
NPR quotes Matthew Johnson, psychedelics researcher at Johns Hopkins University, who genrerally supports decriminalization of illegal drugs.
“(This therapy) needs to be done by appropriately trained and credentialed medical and psychological professionals,” he tells NPR.
Read more about the benefits and risks of psilocybin therapy.
