{"id":793180,"date":"2019-02-19T08:22:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T15:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=359507"},"modified":"2019-02-19T08:22:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T15:22:24","slug":"psychedelic-mushrooms-just-put-denver-at-the-center-of-the-national-drug-debate-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/psychedelic-mushrooms-just-put-denver-at-the-center-of-the-national-drug-debate-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychedelic mushrooms just put Denver at the center of the national drug debate \u2014 again"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-19-at-8.21.40-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-19-at-8.21.40-AM.png 611w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-19-at-8.21.40-AM-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\"\/><figcaption>Magic mushrooms are being weighed and packaged at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands, in this 2007 file photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Denver is at\u00a0the forefront of America\u2019s next drug reform movement \u2014 again.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of residents have signed on in an effort to loosen restrictions on psilocybin mushrooms. In three months, a question about decriminalizing the psychedelic drug will appear on the city\u2019s elections ballots alongside the mayoral election and more mundane affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The campaigners behind the Decriminalize Denver measure already have made history: This is the first time U.S. voters will consider giving a second chance to the drug, which was the subject of great scientific interest before its reputation was annihilated in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the measure has raised the same fear and excitement as the marijuana liberalization effort: Will it cement the city\u2019s reputation as a mecca for drugs, effective progressive policies, or both?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople from all over the world are getting in touch with us,\u201d said Kevin Matthews, the 33-year-old, stay-at-home dad who is managing the campaign. \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s exciting about this: The fact that this is getting international attention, very positive attention, I think speaks to the movement overall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/02\/19\/psychedelic-mushrooms-denver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read the full story on The Denver Post website, click here. (opens in a new tab)\">Read the full story on The Denver Post website, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/psychedelic-mushrooms-just-put-denver-at-the-center-of-the-national-drug-debate-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magic mushrooms are being weighed and packaged at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands, in this 2007 file photo. Denver is at\u00a0the forefront of America\u2019s next drug reform movement \u2014 again. Thousands of residents have signed on in an effort to loosen restrictions on psilocybin mushrooms. In three months, a question about decriminalizing the [&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":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-793180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 18:51:46","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}