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California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics (www.latimes.com)

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California lawmakers on Thursday narrowly approved a bill supported by veterans and criminal justice reform advocates to decriminalize the possession and personal use of a limited list of natural psychedelics, including “magic mushrooms.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom will now decide the fate of Senate Bill 58, which would remove criminal penalties for the possession and use of psilocybin and psilocin, the active ingredients in psychedelic mushrooms, mescaline and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, known as ayahuasca. The bill also would require the California Health and Human Services Agency to study the therapeutic use of psychedelics and submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree with most of what you're saying aside from the part about making all drugs illegal.

The drug war is more about political violence than it is about keeping America safe, for one. A Nixon aide is on record describing how the drug war was about disinfranchising people who may stop his reelection.

For, two. Bodily autonomy is a right. Remember, the bill of rights is not meant to be all inclusive. And it's not our job to prove our rights but the governments job to justify its power.

In this case, the government has utterly failed to justify this power. We've criminalized medicine that can cure addiction and consumerism. And put people in prison, destroying families. Both hippies just trying to grow some shrooms to share with friends, and suffering addicts who need medical help.

And for three, prohibition doesn't work. We've seen this proved again and again in multiple countries and now over a full century.

It's time to end this civil war that destroys families, and robs people of their political power. A war started so the second most corrupt president in history could angle for a second term.

This issue isn't about safety. But control.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they should all be legal, but I also think laws should be consistent. If we're going to make drugs illegal, include alcohol, cigarettes and caffeine or legalize the rest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They should be consistent for sure.

But drugs is a word man made up. Kids get high on sugar and social media can be as addictive as meth.

So, we should make it all legal. And regulate it so people stop dying of fentanyl.

Full stop.

Because trying to police dopamine rewards that come from things outside ourselves is a very slippery slope.