This week, the City Council of Eureka in California adopted a resolution to decriminalize possession, use and cultivation of psychedelic plants. The police will now have This is at least the 5th local jurisdiction to adopt the new policy.
The resolution passed Tuesday unanimously deprioritizes investigations and arrests of adults over 21 for certain psychedelics related activities.
It states that “planting or cultivating Entheogenic Plants or Fungi, or their extracted compounds, that are listed on the Federal Schedule I List, will not be
The city will not be changing its approach to the commercial sale or processing of psychedelics or driving under the influences, or possessing or distributing drugs in schools, or ”
Summary of the measure states that local governments cannot eliminate state and federal laws prohibiting the possession and use entheogens.
The summary states that “recognizing the City’s limits as far as declaring Federal or State laws null, the proposed resolution is couched as a way to limit or de
This is a strategy used by many municipalities in the United States to decriminalize noncommercial grow, gather and gift models promoted by advocacy organizations such as Decriminalize Nature. leaders adopted a similar resolution on psychedelics in Portland, Maine earlier this month. The resolution also covers sharing substances without compensation.
Other California cities, including San Francisco Oakland Santa Cruz Arcata,
Eureka, unlike some other decriminalization measures, does not exclude the peyote cactus. This psychedelic plant has caused controversy because of Portland’s newly adopted resolution, for instance, does not apply to peyote because of “its vulnerable ecological status combined with its cultural and religious significance to Indigenous Peoples,”
The resolution also calls on the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office “to take into account the spirit and intention of this document when deciding whether or not to prosecute individuals
The Eureka City Council Summary notes that during the current legislative session, state legislation was introduced that would have allowed “the possession or preparation of certain quantities of specific entheogens Gavin Newsom (D).
The council unanimously voted to support the Wiener Bill, SB 58, in January this year. According to the Eureka Times Standard, Councilmember Scott Bauer stated that “there are all these real medical benefits that can be derived from something that is “You know, once cannabis was illegal, and now we, for many people, see it as a medicine.”
Lenny La France, Eureka Police Chief, said he supported Newsom’s veto at Wednesday’s . He cited Miles Slattery, the City Manager of Arcata, said the Arcata Police Department had not reported any problems as a result of the local policy change.
Some members expressed concern during the discussion of the Council regarding a clause in the resolution which stated that the use of entheogenic plant “can catalyze deep experiences of spiritual The body ultimately decided to remove that paragraph, and then passed this measure unanimously.
Since Denver voters passed a law decriminalizing the possession and use of psilocybin, in 2019, cities have been leading the Salem, Somerville Cambridge Easthampton Northampton have all passed decriminalization legislation in Massachusetts. Four cities in Michigan adopted similar measures, including Ferndale Detroit Ann Arbor Hazel Park
In 2020, Oregon will decriminalize possession of any drug and legalize psilocybin treatment . This past May, the state approved its first legal psilocybin services center.
And in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a psychedelics regulation bill into law in May, setting rules for a psychedelics legalization law that voters passed last year.
Based on statistical modelling of policy trends, an analysis published last year in the American Medical Association journal concluded that most states will legalize psychedelics before
A national poll conducted in March found that a majority of U.S. citizens support the legalization of psychedelic therapy and are for federal decriminalization
Congress postpones first-ever hearing on psychedelics and veterans mental health care
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