Posted on 12/05/2018 2:57:13 AM PST by a little elbow grease
“Magic mushrooms” may soon become legal in Oregon, where even powerful politicians seem high — on the idea, according to a report.
The state’s attorney general green-lit language allowing the bill to hit the ballots in 2020, assuming advocates get enough signatures, according to Oregonlive.com
If it passes, the initiative would decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms and allow them to be manufactured with a license. Oregon would become the first US state to legalize the drug.
The bill will need 140,000 signatures in order to appear on the ballots in the 2020 general election, the paper reported.
Nationwide, possession of psychedelic mushrooms — and their active compound, psilocybin — is a felony. But advocates say the trippy treat can help boost spirituality, fight depression and even help terminally ill patients cope with death.
“The intent of the 2020 Psilocybin Service Initiative of Oregon is to advance a breakthrough therapeutic model currently being perfected in research settings at top universities around the world,” Tom and Sheri Eckert, who are leading the petition, wrote on the campaign’s website.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum declined to comment to the paper.
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Nope. Have not been there. That’s over on the other side of the state, I think.
I must apologize for calling you (people) “stupid” libertarians. That was uncalled for. I know some libertarians. They aren’t stupid. Only their politics are stupid. There’s a difference and I didn’t proof read before I hit the “post” button.
But I don't consider myself a "libertarian".
But that's in the past.
Have a good day.
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