{"id":1384112,"date":"2019-01-07T15:13:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T22:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=961578"},"modified":"2019-01-07T15:13:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T22:13:44","slug":"magic-mushroom-legalization-closer-to-being-on-denvers-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/magic-mushroom-legalization-closer-to-being-on-denvers-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic mushroom legalization closer to being on Denver\u2019s ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_734992102-620x413.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-large size-medium-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_734992102-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_734992102-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_734992102-325x217.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_734992102-1240x827.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Activists who hope to make Denver\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2018\/03\/08\/cannabis-legalization-denver-mushrooms-decriminalized\/100823\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the first U.S. city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms<\/a>\u00a0plan to turn in ballot petitions this Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0initiative, if approved by voters in the May municipal election, would apply to the use and possession of\u00a0psilocybin mushrooms, also called magic mushrooms, by adults 21 and older \u2014 by making it the lowest law-enforcement priority and barring the use of city resources to impose penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Though psilocybin mushrooms are classified as an illegal drug federally, the strategy echoes earlier moves in Denver to decriminalize marijuana prior to state voters&#8217; approval of legalization in 2012.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\"><\/aside>\n<p>Organizers under the name Decriminalize Denver say they have collected more than 8,000 ballot petition signatures. The first hurdle is making the ballot, which requires\u00a04,726 verified signatures from registered voters. Given past initiatives&#8217; rate of rejected signatures, though, the psilocybin initiative may be cutting it close.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/01\/07\/denver-magic-mushrooms-legalization\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Denver Post website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/magic-mushroom-legalization-closer-to-being-on-denvers-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists who hope to make Denver\u00a0the first U.S. city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms\u00a0plan to turn in ballot petitions this Monday. The\u00a0initiative, if approved by voters in the May municipal election, would apply to the use and possession of\u00a0psilocybin mushrooms, also called magic mushrooms, by adults 21 and older \u2014 by making it the lowest law-enforcement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-17 06:36:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}