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02-01-2019, 05:24 PM
Measure To Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms Qualifies For Denver’s May Ballot
By Kyle Jaeger
February 1, 2019
Denver voters will have the chance to approve a measure to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms in May, city officials announced on Friday.
Last month, the advocacy group Decriminalize Denver said they submitted what they believed to be more than enough signatures to qualify for the May 7, 2019 city ballot.
The activists needed about 4,700 valid signatures to qualify, and the Denver Elections Division confirmed that they exceed that requirement by more than 800 signatures.
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“This has never been done before in the history of the U.S., so the fact that we were able to turn out the signatures and make the ballot is a strong statement that there are a lot of people who support this,” Kevin Matthews, director of Decriminalize Denver, told Marijuana Moment in a phone interview. “We’ve created a platform where we can spread the right information about psilocybin as opposed to the misinformation and, really just downright propaganda from the government, and the war on drugs for the last almost 50 years now.”
The initiative seeks to make possession, personal consumption and cultivation of the substance “the city’s lowest law-enforcement priority” for adults 21 and older. The city government would also be prohibited from using funds to impose criminal penalties against adults for low-level psilocybin offenses.
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read more:
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/measure-to-decriminalize-psilocybin-mushrooms-qualifies-for-denvers-may-ballot/
By Kyle Jaeger
February 1, 2019
Denver voters will have the chance to approve a measure to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms in May, city officials announced on Friday.
Last month, the advocacy group Decriminalize Denver said they submitted what they believed to be more than enough signatures to qualify for the May 7, 2019 city ballot.
The activists needed about 4,700 valid signatures to qualify, and the Denver Elections Division confirmed that they exceed that requirement by more than 800 signatures.
1091417469711876096
“This has never been done before in the history of the U.S., so the fact that we were able to turn out the signatures and make the ballot is a strong statement that there are a lot of people who support this,” Kevin Matthews, director of Decriminalize Denver, told Marijuana Moment in a phone interview. “We’ve created a platform where we can spread the right information about psilocybin as opposed to the misinformation and, really just downright propaganda from the government, and the war on drugs for the last almost 50 years now.”
The initiative seeks to make possession, personal consumption and cultivation of the substance “the city’s lowest law-enforcement priority” for adults 21 and older. The city government would also be prohibited from using funds to impose criminal penalties against adults for low-level psilocybin offenses.
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read more:
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/measure-to-decriminalize-psilocybin-mushrooms-qualifies-for-denvers-may-ballot/