Medicine/Healing

Santa Cruz could decriminalize magic mushrooms

“It’s going to be the lowest priority for police officers, who possess, use, and cultivate these plants and fungi for adults’ personal use,” said Santa Cruz city Vice Mayor Justin Cummings. [a/v video transcript] The proposed resolution would declare the investigation and arrest of individuals involved with adult possession, use, or cultivation of psychoactive plants…

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Biography/Memoir

A change in a mushroom petition… amongst psilocybin [mushroom] advocates

Initiative PDX-01 petition aims to amend the Portland City Charter by decriminalizing a handful of substances that advocates describe as “psychedelic plant materials,”  including psilocybin-containing mushrooms. The petition also pushes back against the Petition 34 premise of allowing psilocybin only in licensed therapeutic centers, arguing that “making these medicines available only through government-licensed facilities or healthcare centers…

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Anthropology

Psilocybin decriminalization initiative 2020 [second draft]

This [proposed] Act advances cognitive liberty and implements a comprehensive, statewide scheme authorizing and regulating the cultivation, processing and distribution of Psilocybin Mushrooms and the chemical compounds contained therein for personal, spiritual, religious, dietary, therapeutic, and medical use. Personal Protections. It shall be lawful and not a violation of California law for an adult: (a)…

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Politics

Oregonians could see 3 votes on psilocybin [mushrooms] in 2020

Initiative PDX-01 has been filed to decriminalize five substances the measure defines as “psychedelic plant medicines.” Psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline cacti and DMT-containing plants… [15-1-2. No Law Shall Regulate Personal Use or Possesion of Psychedelic Plant Medicines. (a) The City of Portland shall adopt no law prohibiting or regulating the personal use or possession of psychedelic plant medicines…

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