Politics
Measure 109, a ballot initiative to legalize psilocybin-based therapy state-wide, could become a model for the nation.
The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously to pass the resolution, adapted from Decriminalize Nature. Now the County Prosecutor is on board, too.
Decriminalize Nature national leadership publishes statements denouncing fellow activists, including David Bronner, while Portland’s branch of DN opposes Oregon psilocybin ballot measures.
Organizers credit education around Initiative 81 for increasing voter support by 9% since April.
Dr. Carl Spitzer, an emergency physician and ketamine therapist, discusses how ketamine is used as a sedative, whether law enforcement should administer it, and why ketamine therapists have spoken out against the fatal use of ketamine to sedate Elijah McClain.
Concerns about peyote extinction are voiced by the Huichol’s regional council, while Decriminalize Nature Santa Cruz pledges to amend its local resolution and remove peyote from decrim legislation.
In lieu of the recent bust of Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants, Lucid News talks to lawyer Dan Peterson about what kind of psychedelic use is protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, how are psychedelic organizations instituting change? We surveyed the field.
Possession and use of magic mushrooms are decriminalized in Denver, but the reckless actions of a man accused of selling may lead to a 20-year prison sentence and $1 million fine.
As cities and states begin decriminalizing magic mushrooms and other psychedelics, are users protected from arrest by the DEA or federal law enforcement? The legal director of Empire State NORML untangles this complex issue.
