It took only a few years for marijuana to gain legality in much of the country. Could the same rapid acceptance be looming for psychedelic drugs?
Starting with Denver in 2019, several cities have decriminalized possession of plant- and fungi-based psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms. Then, in November 2020, Oregon became the first state to legalize psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” for therapeutic use. Voters there approved legal psilocybin by ballot question and also approved a separate measure to legalize possession of all drugs.
And it now appears that California may be poised to follow. On June 1, the California Senate approved a bill that would allow possession and personal use of several psychedelic substances: psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, DMT, mescaline, and ibogaine.
