Oregon is closer than ever to becoming the first state to legalize magic mushrooms

[safeinOhio]

Oregon is one step closer to becoming the first state to legalize magic mushrooms.

In November, Oregon's secretary of state approved language for a possible ballot initiative that would make magic mushrooms legal. To make it on the ballot for the 2020 general election, the initiative will need 117,578 signatures, CNN reported.

A successful ballot initiative in Oregon would decriminalize magic mushrooms and let them be manufactured under a license. The possession of psychedelic mushrooms, which contain the active compound psilocybin, is currently a felony nationwide.


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[Tavarious Jackson]

1. I've never had those.

I'm too chicken to try something like that.

[ZZenith]

2. Hmmmm. Fortune favors the bold.

I have had some very good experiences with them.

The setting is crucial, however. With good friends in a natural, unhurried environment there can be great healing and a heightened awareness of how connected all life truly is.

[safeinOhio]

6. Very healthy fear.

On a great journey, start with very small steps. Then very slowly increase the stride and you will be fine.

[Locrian]

10. Read "How to Change Your Mind"

Read "How to Change Your Mind" - What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence- by Michael Pollan (Omnivore's Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, etc)

https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543924431&sr=8-3&keywords=how+to+chnage+your+mind

super interesting.

I'm utterly convinced the world would be a better place if these were legal and sensibly used in the right environment.

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. I second that. Amazing book

On top of that I will simply add that magic mushrooms have always been my friend, though it's been a long time since we spent any time together...

[tirebiter]

3. They get better the closer you get to the equator

I made a movie about the experience in 1975. Someday maybe I'll post it.

[Duppers]

4. Is it online?

On YouTube?

[IcyPeas]

5. There is evidence they help with cluster headaches.

I don't know if there are any other medicinal uses.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

8. Migraines as well, plus microdosing is good for

anxiety and depression.

[samnsara]

7. i will never do psychedelics...

[AllyCat]

9. The more I work with drug addicts, the more I say legalize it ALL.

Then maybe we can stop some parts of the black market and get some help for people.

[LuvNewcastle]

12. I'm leaning more and more that way.

I don't think we should put people in jail for possessing drugs. Now, if someone has a meth lab and the thing blows up and pollutes the area around it, make him pay to have the environment cleaned up. I might understand a ban on meth and crack because they have to be put through chemical processes to be made ready for consumption. I guess you could say the same for heroin.

But cannabis or magic mushrooms are plants or fungi that only need to grow naturally, so there isn't going to be any sort of chemical pollution. We could let people grow coca trees and let them chew the leaves if they want, just don't turn them into cocaine.

I'd rather people have access to the precursors to these drugs than consume the distilled product. I don't think there is a lot to worry about if a teenager smokes a joint or chews some coca leaves. As long as we have some sort of agency to test and regulate the recreational drugs, I think we'd find that there isn't a serious problem with plant-based drugs.

[safeinOhio]

17. See drug laws in Portugal

ODs and aids have gone down. Slight increase in cock.
No arrest just sent to a 3 judge panel that can put them in rehab.

[get the red out]

13. Agree!

But there's too much money to be made in the "war on drugs" for a lot of influential people.

[Codeine]

14. I consume precisely zero intoxicants

and even I agree with you. Criminalization provides no answers to the problem of drug abuse and creates new problems in its wake.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Oregon has some great places to do shrooms. nt

[superpatriotman]

16. Congress should be force-fed

Psilocybin until brought back to reality