Ann Arbor: 'Magic' mushrooms decriminalized as more studies tout use of psychedelics

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(Detroit Free Press) Perhaps there's more to the "magic" of psychedelics than a kaleidoscope of hallucinations and seemingly endless wave of good vibes.

More studies are touting the breakthrough medical benefits of hallucinogens like "magic" mushrooms and peyote are being for anxiety, depression, and a cure for addiction to opioids or alcohol.

That's prompting more communities to decriminalize the use and possession of psychdelics like mushrooms and peyote. Ann Arbor voted to decriminalize use and possession of the psychedelics in September -- the fourth U.S. city to do so in the last year, behind Denver; Oakland, Calif.; and Santa Cruz, Calif. ............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/26/magic-mushrooms-go-way-pot-more-cities-decriminalize-them/5907541002/

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1. Ballot measure 109 in Oregon

BALLOT TITLE
Allows manufacture, delivery, administration of psilocybin at supervised, licensed facilities; imposes two-year development period


WHAT IT DOES
Pioneering research at America’s top universities indicates psilocybin therapy can help many suffering from depression and anxiety. The FDA has designated it a “breakthrough therapy.” Measure 109 creates a regulated system of psilocybin therapy for Oregon that would only be allowed at licensed, regulated centers, and would be overseen by trained professionals. Psilocybin will not be sold in stores or allowed for at home use.

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2. The street drugification of psilocybin is one of the great missed opportunities of the last 50 years

Ironically, psilocybin and LSD were promoted early by arch-conservative (and the Rupert Murdoch of his day), Henry Luce, the founder of Time, Life, and Fortune magazines. The term "Magic Mushrooms" first appeared as a headline in Life magazine, in an article on the "discovery" of psilocybin rituals in Mexico by Luce friend Gordon Wasson. Luice and his conservative Congresswoman wife (Claire Booth Luce) hosted LSD and psilocybin parties at their swanky New York penthouse in the early 1960s, before the "hippie" culture made psychogenic drugs their own.

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3. Recommended.