Denver considering decriminalizing 'shrooms

[dead0man]

link to the Good News!

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[Virginiá]

If people want this for medicinal purposes (which I do believe there are), it probably should be under professional supervision imo. Obviously it's plenty possible to do it solo or with friends, but the more people do it, the more dumb people who will make dumb decisions or take too much and freak out, and that won't look very good. On the plus side, it's not a substance people get addicted to.

All in all, freedom move :*

[TheLaRocca]

STUPID idea, if you have depressed people taking psychedelics the result will be catastrophic.

[KingSweden]

Hmm.

I’m ambivalent. Not all mushrooms are safe. A lot of idiots get very sick or die if they don’t know what they’re ingesting.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Hmm.

I’m ambivalent. Not all mushrooms are safe. A lot of idiots get very sick or die if they don’t know what they’re ingesting.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

FF move.

[SteveRogers]

STUPID idea, if you have depressed people taking psychedelics the result will be catastrophic.

Well, I’ve certainly been swayed by your well-reasoned argument and apparent medical expertise.

[Storebought]

Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits), or even typical "hard" or "street" drugs, but drugs of all type. The US population equates cannabis to "freedom" and is the world's greatest per capita consumer of this product. The US permits codeine to be sold OTC where in most countries you need a prescription. The medications that we force feed to livestock is just obscene. This country needs a detox.

[KingSweden]

I should clarify - decriminalizing is not a bad idea on the merits, but consuming shrooms =/= smoking the occasional doobie.

[dead0man]

Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits), or even typical "hard" or "street" drugs, but drugs of all type. The US population equates cannabis to "freedom" and is the world's greatest per capita consumer of this product. The US permits codeine to be sold OTC where in most countries you need a prescription. The medications that we force feed to livestock is just obscene. This country needs a detox.

you seem uptight.  Here, take this, quick!

[Doimper]

Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits), or even typical "hard" or "street" drugs, but drugs of all type. The US population equates cannabis to "freedom" and is the world's greatest per capita consumer of this product. The US permits codeine to be sold OTC where in most countries you need a prescription. The medications that we force feed to livestock is just obscene. This country needs a detox.

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hmmm

[Storebought]

Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits), or even typical "hard" or "street" drugs, but drugs of all type. The US population equates cannabis to "freedom" and is the world's greatest per capita consumer of this product. The US permits codeine to be sold OTC where in most countries you need a prescription. The medications that we force feed to livestock is just obscene. This country needs a detox.

you seem uptight.  Here, take this, quick!

Doesn't it strike you as strange that Mexico, Canada, South America, the Middle East, all export their home-grown intoxicants to the US, but don't consume them at our levels? Hint: this trade is not to our benefit.

Of course, psychotropic mushrooms grow natively in the US, but that doesn't give us right to poach them off like we're doing to our ginseng.

[Storebought]

Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits), or even typical "hard" or "street" drugs, but drugs of all type. The US population equates cannabis to "freedom" and is the world's greatest per capita consumer of this product. The US permits codeine to be sold OTC where in most countries you need a prescription. The medications that we force feed to livestock is just obscene. This country needs a detox.

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hmmm

Western Europe has a high per-capita illicit drug use compared to other geopolitical regions, but even there, its not at US levels. Our drug use in everything but tobacco is outrageous.

[Fuzzy Bear]

My oldest son almost died from an overdose of "shroom juice" in 1996.  That charcoal cocktail in the ER saved his life.  That, and my wife's quick observation that something was terribly off.

This is not a step forward for Denver.  Trust me.

[Cory]

Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits), or even typical "hard" or "street" drugs, but drugs of all type. The US population equates cannabis to "freedom" and is the world's greatest per capita consumer of this product. The US permits codeine to be sold OTC where in most countries you need a prescription. The medications that we force feed to livestock is just obscene. This country needs a detox.

Honestly? It's because for us in the working class our lives kinda suck so we need these things to make them worth living.

If we were a nice Social-Democracy maybe things would be different, but nope.

[Dr. MB]

Medical first. Good move.

[Horus]

I should clarify - decriminalizing is not a bad idea on the merits, but consuming shrooms =/= smoking the occasional doobie.

[Joey1996]

Decriminalize all drugs, regulate and tax the manufacturing and sales

[kyc0705]

Next, they should move onto decriminalizing cocaine, because it has the charitable benefit of making boring, affluent white people temporarily think they have personalities.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

FF move. Let people do what they wish.

[Ye We Can]

Thank you Denver I appreciate you

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

How shocking this is taking place in Denver.

[DavidB.]

Though I suppose decriminalization is still a good idea, shrooms are not innocent. They were banned in the Netherlands ten years ago because tourists would continue to jump out of their hotel windows in Amsterdam and die. I don't think we've had these problems afterwards.

Honestly? It's because for us in the working class our lives kinda suck so we need these things to make them worth living.

If we were a nice Social-Democracy maybe things would be different, but nope.

Scandinavia also has an alcoholism problem.

[courts]

Though I suppose decriminalization is still a good idea, shrooms are not innocent. They were banned in the Netherlands ten years ago because tourists would continue to jump out of their hotel windows in Amsterdam and die. I don't think we've had these problems afterwards.

Honestly? It's because for us in the working class our lives kinda suck so we need these things to make them worth living.

If we were a nice Social-Democracy maybe things would be different, but nope.

Scandinavia also has an alcoholism problem.

it happens but a lot of the data seems to point to pretty low risk

[Santander]

Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits)

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