Lawmakers in Massachusetts introduce measure to decriminalize magic mushrooms
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Lawmakers in Massachusetts introduce measure to decriminalize magic mushrooms
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Massachusetts may become one of the next states in the nation to decriminalize the use of some hallucinogens like mushrooms and mescaline.
Two bills have been filed at the State House to end arrests for psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, mescaline and ibogaine in Massachusetts.
Following the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms and other entheogenic plants in several cities, such as Somerville and Cambridge, there is now a campaign for decriminalization at the state level.
This proposal would still prohibit the selling of psychedelic mushrooms.
The Senate bill titled “An Act relative to plant medicine” was filed by Sen. Patricia Jehlen, who represents Medford, Somerville, and parts of Cambridge and Winchester.
The corresponding House bill titled “An Act relative to plant medicine” was filed by Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, who represents Northampton and other western Massachusetts communities.
The bills were drafted in concert with the advocacy group Bay Staters for Natural Medicine (BSNM).
BSNM founder James Davis said in a press release on Friday that psilocybin mushrooms “are life changing"...
“From depression to addiction to painful cluster headaches, they are a tool that people should use in a caring community,” Davis said. “There’s no better way to promote intentional and mindful use than to decriminalize minor amounts for home growing and sharing without enabling commercial sale.”
The legislation would make the following legal for those 18-plus in Massachusetts:
“The possession, ingestion, obtaining, growing, giving away without financial gain to natural persons 18 years of age or older, and transportation of no more than two grams of psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, and mescaline.”
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