Proposition 122 asks voters if they want to allow for healing centers across the state where people will be able to go to use certain psychedelics in a supervised environment. via Meghan_Lopez
DENVER — It’s been a decade since Colorado voters passed a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. That move was the first major change to the state’s drug laws in years.
Under the measure, local governments would not be allowed to prohibit or ban these centers from starting a business in their community. They would be allowed to regulate the time , place and manner of the operations, however. Finally, the measure would allow for anyone who has completed a sentence for a drug conviction involving these substances to apply to have their court record on those convictions sealed.
There is also a provision in the ballot language calling for systems and processes to be put in place to help with accessibility, like reducing licensure fees, ensuring geographic diversity and the eventual inclusion of certain insurance coverage.“Decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms in Denver has not since created any significant public health or safety risk for Denver residents, and so we know that the sky hasn't fallen,” Matthews said.
“I have a terminal illness that was basically discovered back in 2006, I believe it was, and I was told I had two years to live. Needless to say, I outlived those two years,” Floyd said. “The depression has lifted to the point where my psychiatrist says I no longer have treatment-resistant depression,” he said. “My attitude is a lot better. I understand that I'm dying and I'm okay with that.”
The couple had decided to stop chemotherapy, so there was no more treatments for him to undergo. He wanted to try psilocybin but couldn’t find access to it through a doctor or hospice center, so he died without ever having tried it.“I started looking into it like, 'What's going on? Why don't we have access to that? And let me look at that research and what is this.' That just took me down a lot of rabbit holes and into psychedelic advocacy and education,” Hughes said.
“Psilocybin is actually very physically safe. There's no way to really overdose on it in a way that would be life-threatening,” Hughes said. Unlike the supporters of Proposition 122, Hunt sees Denver’s psychedelic decriminalization as a warning rather than an example for others to follow. In the end, Hunt says if there really are medical benefits to these substances, the Food and Drug Administration already has a pathway to legalize them where the substances are reviewed, tested and compared to other medications to understand their full impact.
Now, she’s become one of the loudest voices against Proposition 122. She worries that this measure is moving too fast. Rose Rodgers and others did attend some of the community meetings held by proponents of the ballot measure but says she didn’t feel that they were being listened to. She worried that not enough minority voices were involved in the discussion to begin with.
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