…he was pleasantly surprised to find that his physical pain seemed to decrease as well, even on the days he was not taking anything. …feeling anxious and depressed, Kevin (a pseudonym) decided to try… psychedelics, including psilocybin-containing “magic mushrooms.” Twice a week… takes about half a gram of the outlawed fungi. This amounts to too…
Police reported there were no issues or arrests. Several elected officials joined psychedelic activists Sunday in rallying the crowd to get behind efforts to decriminalize… state Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor. “It does no good to criminalize these plants.” Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit and Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Burton-Harris told the crowd about their…
The educational component is what the activists in Colorado are focusing on through the Denver Mushroom Cooperative – an above-ground organization… leaders of the co-op go into private homes, helping people set up their own mushroom grows… And at a cannabis festival she went to recently, Melissa Lavasani [chairwoman of the Capitol’s Decriminalize Nature legislation,…
Indeed, in a legal sense, psilocybin is following a similar trajectory to cannabis… just like cannabis activists did 25 years ago, its initial political gains are starting at the local level. In May 2019, Denver voters decriminalized psilocybin for personal possession at the ballot box, and a month later, Oakland’s city council decriminalized not only psilocybin mushrooms,…
To determine the amount of psilocybin and psilocin in each submission, the scientists… used a technology called High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). …much like what happened with cannabis and THC, there’s been laser-focus on one compound in magic mushrooms – psilocybin. While it’s certainly important to understand the compounds that produce such a strong psychoactive effect, it’s also…
This rise in the use of psychedelics is a [national &] international trend. …results from a survey that questions the general public on drug use, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, has tracked a similar trend, with 1.2 million 18 to 25-year-olds admitted taking LSD in 2019 compared with 317,000 in 2004 –…
The push in Grand Rapids follows the success of sister group Decriminalize Nature Ann Arbor… which got Ann Arbor city leaders to adopt a similar resolution in September 2020. Following that vote, Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit declared support for the resolution and said his office would no longer prosecute those acts in the county.…
Dr. James Latham said he was reached by another member of Decriminalize Nature Humboldt to provide the physician’s perspective… just like cannabis, decriminalization is the first step, Latham said. “With deprioritization, you mentioned people healing and having access to that healing. Could someone come to your office and say, ‘I’m really struggling with depression and…
In addition to suggesting that council formally decriminalize sharing of psychedelic mushrooms… “I personally don’t have a problem with [people sharing mushrooms] as long as there’s not money being exchanged. I don’t think that we would be prosecuting people who, for example, are giving some to their friend or relative. I think the selling it…
The concept of social sharing or decriminalized shared use is essential in psychedelic policy reform for several reasons. First, simple decriminalization for personal possession is insufficient to protect the most common dynamic of psychedelic use: a small group of people sharing psychedelics, often with a guide or group leader facilitating the experience… …the bill now…
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