Colorado's first bill addressing psychedelic decriminalization and legalization could be passed by early next week.
, and any laws passed by the legislature. More legislation is almost certain to be proposed next year, but with just over a week left in the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers"don't have a choice" but to pass this bill, according to SB 290's House sponsor, Representative Judy Amabile.
Fenberg's bill cleared the Senate in a week, and was then approved by the House Finance and Appropriation committees. The measure proposes guardrails for unlicensed psychedelic facilitators, restrictions for personal mushroom and natural-medicine cultivation, and criminal penalties for the unlicensed sale or distribution of psychedelics.
Although lawmakers have protected Prop 122's statewide impact so far, psychedelic advocates believe the bill creates too many restrictions on unlicensed psychedelic facilitation and communal use, pointing specifically to language banning the public consumption of psychedelics and paying unlicensed facilitators more than expenses, both of which can be components of religious or ceremonial use by indigenous cultures.
"When we're saying that we just want to maintain communal protections, what we're saying is that we want to make sure that community itself is decriminalized. We're asking for the support of legislators to have more space and time to work with you all for all of our shared concerns," Matthew Duffy, co-founder of Denver psychedelic activist group, told the House Finance Committee.
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