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Decriminalization advocates have cited research that suggests that the drug is non-addictive and causes a low amount of emergency visits when compared to other illegal drugs. [5] Other research has indicated the potential beneficial use of psilocybin in treating treatment-resistant depression and nicotine dependence . [ 5 ]
From 18 July 2005 [109] both fresh and "prepared" (that is, dried, cooked or made into a tea) psilocybin mushrooms became illegal in the United Kingdom; fresh mushrooms had previously been widely available, even in shops, but section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 made fresh psychedelic mushrooms ("fungi containing psilocybin"), a Class A drug. [110]
While Oregon was the first state to decriminalize and regulate the use of psilocybin, Colorado followed similarly, with the cities of Oakland and Santa Cruz in California decriminalizing the ...
Jason Lopez, a proponent of a Colorado general election ballot measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, is shown on his family's property Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, near Morrison, Colo.
In November 2020, voters passed Oregon Ballot Measure 109, making Oregon the first state to both decriminalize psilocybin and also legalize it for therapeutic use. [80] Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the county it resides in have decriminalized magic mushrooms. Possession, sale and use are now legal within the county.
Fresh off his third tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Jason Lopez awoke in crisis from an alcohol-induced nap during a family gathering in Colorado in 2014. Instead, he turned to what he had ...
A few states have removed criminal penalties for marijuana possession even though weed is still illegal there. Colorado has decriminalized personal use of certain psychedelic drugs, like magic ...
The next day, on November 28, 2006, the same channel reported House Representative Paul Ray's "immediate response" with proposed legislation to ban Salvia divinorum in the State of Utah, quoting him as saying, – "It was upsetting to see we have a drug of that strength that's legal." and "We're basically going to make it illegal to possess or ...