With so many unresolved shades of gray, psilocybin entrepreneurs and advocates are proceeding with caution. Even simple possession remains a felony punishable by 6 to 12 months in prison - if the city attempted to prosecute, as it did in the early cannabis days. “The general attitude has been that they intend to respect the will of the voter, and they do not intend to prosecute anybody (for possession),” he said.īut the drug is not truly legal, even if its users are far less likely to be prosecuted in Denver now. In early discussions, city officials are embracing the new law - unlike their hostile reaction to early cannabis decriminalization measures in the 2000s, according to Sean McAllister, general counsel for the Decriminalize Denver campaign and a longtime drug policy reformer. One person was forced to give up a bag of suspected mushrooms at Denver International Airport, but there was no arrest, and the district attorney refused the case. Suspected psilocybin was found in six cases, but they were charged instead with other offenses. The city has reported no psilocybin charges since its passage in May. It makes mushroom possession the cops’ “lowest priority” and forbids the use of city resources in prosecutions. Initiative 301 discourages police and prosecutors from targeting users of psychedelic mushrooms. Joe Amon, The Denver PostMazatec psilocybin mushrooms dried and ready for consumption.
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