Psilocybin possession would remain illegal but would become police’s “lowest law-enforcement priority”

Peter Dejong, The Associated Press
Psychedelic mushrooms are seen at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands, in this 2007 file photo.
Denver is poised to become the first city in the nation to effectively decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.
After closing an early vote deficit Tuesday night and early Wednesday, final unofficial results posted late in the afternoon showed a reversal of fortune — with Initiative 301 set to pass narrowly with 50.6 percent of the vote. The total stands at 89,320 votes in favor and 87,341 against, a margin of 1,979 […]
via Denver Voters Pass Nation’s First “Magic Mushroom” Psilocybin Decriminalization Initiative
They ahould legalize all alternative medicine too. They should get the fascist phonies, like trump and pelosi off our backs. Maybe get some affordable housing provisions for tiny houses.
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Driving under the influence of mushrooms, airline pilots, surgeons, operators of heavy equipment, . . . What can go wrong unless plans are implemented to deal with such matters?
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I’m inclined to agree with Mary. Portugal legalized all drugs in 2001, shifting funding from law enforcement to treatment. The result was a marked decrease in drug use among young people.There are already strict laws in all states against driving, flying or operating heavy equipment under the influence alcohol or drugs. And surgeons who try to operate under the influence would lose their medical license. By legalizing drugs you can strictly control their distribution, especially to young people. Under the War on Drugs, we’re left with a thriving black market over which we have no control.
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As if airline pilots would take mushrooms that grow in thw rocky mountain foothills anyway. Righto. They can fly on booze, benadryl, and vicodin and would probably not use mushrooms because of the unpleasnt side effects. Lock em up! Lock em all up!
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