…revise State drug laws to decriminalize the “personal possession, storage, use, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution in personal possession amounts without profit, transport, and consumption of psilocybin mushrooms” by individuals 18 and older. The proposal also says it applies to “any person younger than 18 with parental or guardian consent.” Otherwise, the maximum punishment for a psilocybin…
Oakland’s resolution is broader than Denver’s. Denver’s initiative decriminalized the use and possession of mushrooms containing the compound psilocybin, whereas Oakland’s refers to “entheogenic plants” in general, which includes the mushrooms and other plants and fungi containing psychoactive substances. The resolution says city money will not be used “to assist in the enforcement of laws…
“That’s the case with the pharmaceutical industry time and time again: good intentions are marred by the drive to maximize revenue.” -Adam Winstock, MD (University College London, an addiction medicine specialist and founder of the Global Drug Survey.) While psilocybin is a naturally occurring molecule, the chemistry to develop a standardized synthetic version deemed safe…
“If the common person has the ability to grow and use their own healing plants, and share with friends, they can forever hold the corporate interests accountable.” Create Scarcity. Check. Create Complexity. Check. OK, perfect. Launch Venture Capital! … From this strategy of appeasing politician’s fear were born the three horsemen of the apocalypse on…
…a person has a qualifying legal interest in respect of a property or part of a property if they have a legal interest (whether as an owner, a lessee, a person with a licence to occupy, or other-wise) that includes a right to grow plants (not excluding cannabis plants) on that property for their personal…
“I preferred to just go for psychedelics,” says one member, journalist-turned-campaigner Eric Swenson, “to have a sure win rather than a probable loss through overreach.” Recovered addict Youngs opposes “laissez-faire decriminalization of all hard drugs. Trafficking groups will hide under that cover.” Seattle is preparing to step up to the vanguard of drug-war reform. At their meeting,…
A trial court and the Oregon Court of Appeals had previously rejected the argument. Both courts cited precedent that officers could go off-topic during an “unavoidable lull” in the interaction, which usually occurs while the driver was busy searching for their license and registration. The Oregon Supreme Court saw it differently. “Put simply, an ‘unavoidable lull’ does…
The way the Controlled Substance Act is set up is meant to keep the average American out of the game. Essentially the document states that the Pharmaceutical Industry is responsible for all of the drugs in America. Anything outside of their reach is deemed “illegal”. Politicians and activists alike are arguing for cannabis to be…
The Colorado Supreme Court just ruled that denying a criminal defendant the right to use medical marijuana while serving probation is a violation of the state’s constitution. According to the state’s medical marijuana statute, a defendant cannot be prevented from using medical marijuana unless the prosecution can supply evidence showing that this prohibition is necessary. In…
The initiative would also help create a system in which psilocybin mushrooms would be regulated by… Department of Food & Agriculture and Department of Public Health. …a grassroots campaign workings towards psilocybin decriminalization… the organization’s proposed initiative… decriminalize them for personal, spiritual and religious use, with adults being able to cultivate and use in the State……
