Politics and Legality
Marijuana Moment
2021-10-04
Seattle Becomes Largest U.S. City To Decriminalize Psychedelics
Seattle’s City Council approved a resolution Monday to decriminalize noncommercial activity around a wide range of psychedelic substances, including the cultivation and sharing of psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine and non-peyote-derived mescaline. The landmark measure extends what is already Seattle city policy not to arrest or prosecute people for personal drug possession to further protect the […]
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