By late 2024 Prop 122 would allow the supervised use of psychedelic mushrooms for people aged 21 or older at licensed facilities. Starting in 2026 Prop 122 would permit the state to expand the types of substances allowed in the licensed facilities. Local governments could regulate, but not ban, these licensed facilities. Prop 122 would decriminalize the personal possession of natural psychedelic substances by those 21 and older.
Recommendation: leaning no/leaning against
The US Food and Drug Administration has designated psychedelic mushrooms a Breakthrough Therapy for treating depression, so they may be used in research studies, but the FDA has not yet approved them for public medical use. Colorado was a leader on marijuana legalization; Prop 122 supporters want Colorado to be a leader on psychedelics too. Many more people have tried marijuana than psychedelics so going slower with lesser known psychedelics may be a better approach.
Website for the Yes side – Natural Medicine Colorado
https://naturalmedicinecolorado.org/
Website for the No side – Protect Colorado’s Kids
No known website – Info on an opponents’ website appreciated.
Approved Ballot Language
Proposition 122 (Statutory)
Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning legal regulated access to natural medicine for persons 21 years of age or older, and, in connection therewith, defining natural medicine as certain plants or fungi that affect a person’s mental health and are controlled substances under state law; establishing a natural medicine regulated access program for supervised care, and requiring the department of regulatory agencies to implement the program and comprehensively regulate natural medicine to protect public health and safety; creating an advisory board to advise the department as to the implementation of the program; granting a local government limited authority to regulate the time, place, and manner of providing natural medicine services; allowing limited personal possession, use, and uncompensated sharing of natural medicine; providing specified protections under state law, including criminal and civil immunity, for authorized providers and users of natural medicine; and, in limited circumstances, allowing the retroactive removal and reduction of criminal penalties related to the possession, use, and sale of natural medicine?
YES/FOR ____
NO/AGAINST ____
Proposition 122 initiative language filed with the Secretary of State
https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Initiatives/titleBoard/filings/2021-2022/58Final.pdf
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