{"id":5029,"date":"2022-03-22T22:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiEFQoLFslVa_GZR1vPzB5V6MqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow4Zn5CjCu8uACMLTRlgY"},"modified":"2022-03-22T22:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:53:23","slug":"how-magic-mushrooms-could-follow-in-the-footsteps-of-cannabis-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=5029","title":{"rendered":"How ‘magic mushrooms’ could follow in the footsteps of cannabis – POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

What was something of a taboo issue half a decade ago is now the subject of bills from both Republicans and Democrats in more than a dozen states. They range from proposals to study the medical benefits of psychedelics to bills that would allow adults to consume such drugs under supervision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gone viral and sparked an interest nationwide,\u201d said Democratic Washington state Sen. Jesse Salomon<\/span>, who is sponsoring a bill that would allow psilocybin use among adults<\/span> over age 21 under supervision. \u201cI just didn\u2019t know there were so many like-minded people on this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oregon led the nation when voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to legalize and regulate psilocybin therapy, alongside another decriminalizing drug possession more broadly. Voters in cities such as Denver, Oakland and Washington, D.C., have also pulled back on enforcing laws against magic mushrooms and other plants that contain psychedelic compounds. Now, these ideas have spread to a politically disparate collection of states such as Utah, Missouri, Connecticut, New Jersey, Texas and California.<\/p>\n