Colorado Legalizes Magic Mushrooms for Therapy

If people have problems, just tell them to take magic mushrooms.

This will work.

AP:

As Colorado becomes the second state to legalize psychedelic therapy this week, a clash is playing out in Colorado Springs, where conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city’s 90,000 veterans, who’ve become flagbearers for psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

Colorado residents voted to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the chemical compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, in a 2022 ballot measure, launching two years of rulemaking before it could be used to treat conditions such as depression and PTSD.

This week, companies and people will be able to apply for licenses to administer the mind-altering drug, though treatment will likely not be available for some months as applications are processed.

Colorado joined Oregon in legalizing psilocybin therapy, though the drug remains illegal in most other states and federally. Over the last year, a growing number of Oregon cities have voted to ban psilocybin. While Colorado metros cannot ban the treatment under state law, several conservative cities have worked to preemptively restrict what are known as “healing centers.”

Why?

If it’s good, why are people organizing initiatives to ban it?

(I actually don’t know the answer to that. I can guess, but I don’t know specifically what prompted grassroots organizations to ban psychedelics in Oregon. I’ve read the news articles about it, but none of these news articles seem to want to explain what the concerns are about this weird shit.)

At a City Council meeting in Colorado Springs this month, members were set to vote on extending the state prohibition on healing centers from 1,000 feet (305 meters) to 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from certain locations, such as schools. From the lectern, veterans implored them not to.

While research has shown promise for psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin and MDMA, also known as molly, in helping people with conditions such as alcoholism, depression and PTSD, the scientific field remains in its relatively early stages.

Research has shown we should turn mental health into a 1990s rave party.

“I’m very positive about the potential value, but I’m very concerned that we’ve gotten too far ahead of our skis,” said Jeffrey Lieberman, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, who’s been involved in studies of psychedelic drugs’ therapeutic efficacy.

The risks, said Lieberman, include customers being misled and paying out of pocket for expensive treatments. He also said there are cases where the drugs can exacerbate some extreme mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia.

Jeez. Even Lieberman thinks we’ve gone too far in messing with the minds of these goyim.

Probably, he wants to write a book after these people have total psychological breakdowns saying, “well, I said this was going to happen.”

Maybe having churches with priests was not such a terrible idea?

The media is running PSAs telling people that taking psychedelic drugs is a really good idea and will help you a lot because nonwhite people did it during primitive times and primitive nonwhites are superior.

I guess this is just as good a time as any to say it: