Opinion: Behind the Mile High City’s journey into magical (mushroom) thinking
Campaign manager for the Denver Psilocybin Initiative Kevin Matthews wears a mushroom necklace at a May 7 election-watch party for the first ordinance in the nation decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms. By Reilly Capps May 11 at 6:40 PM Reilly Capps lives in Denver and is the drugs reporter for Rooster magazine.
Psilocybin, one of the active ingredients in “magic” mushrooms, is illegal in most of the world, although it is tolerated in a few places, including Jamaica and Brazil. But, like the gradual loosening of marijuana laws, Denver's city-level change to a police policy for psilocybin mushrooms may reflect a shifting view of that drug.
Some health risks are associated with psilocybin. A 2016 Johns Hopkins survey of nearly 2,000 mushroom users asked if they’d had “bad trips.” Of those who had, about 40 percent said their bad trip was among the top five most challenging experiences of their lives; 11 percent said they put themselves or others at risk of physical harm; and 8 percent sought treatment for “enduring psychological symptoms.
No large organizations endorsed shroom decriminalization — unless you think the Libertarians or the Greens qualify. But no group vocally opposed it, either. In the official voter information guide, the section for “arguments against the initiative” was blank. A 10-week growing period yields more mushrooms than any user would reasonably want to consume, and the excess can legally be given away.
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