Denver’s ‘Magic Mushroom’ Vote Moves Drug Legalization Beyond Marijuana
Denver becomes the first major American city to decriminalize another controlled substance, after 21 states, including Colorado, either decriminalized, legalized, or allowed small amounts of marijuana, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Drug policy experts disagree on whether the results of the Denver referendum on psychedelic mushrooms mark a domino for more legalization efforts, however.
“The movement was never about marijuana; it was always about legalizing all drugs,” said Kevin Sabet, a senior adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. “I don’t want to put people in prison for pot, but I don’t want to commercialize marijuana.”...