Why Ann Arbor officials decided to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, plants
“This resolution is about restoring our connection to ourselves and restoring connection to nature,” she said.
“What this resolution does is it directs our police department to deemphasize enforcement of these laws, much like we did in the ’70s with regard to marijuana,” said Council Member Jack Eaton, D-4th Ward. When a grassroots group of activists in Ann Arbor started lobbying City Council to decriminalize magic mushrooms and other psychedelic plants and fungi, most council members weren’t eager to take up the cause. “I’ll be honest, I tried to avoid this issue when it first came up,” said Council Member Zachary Ackerman. “I think also, in 2020, we need to be looking for ways to decrease the number of police interactions that happen in our community, and decriminalization of what are generally safe substances is a place to start,” Ackerman said… “The literature is clear that there are clinical and religious uses that are beneficial and that it’s inappropriate to criminalize this kind of behavior,” Eaton said.
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Why Ann Arbor officials decided to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, plants
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