Colorado voted to decriminalize a handful of hallucinogenic drugs in 2022. But Kess Hirsheimer says Denver's psychedelic community had been growing well before then.
This life-size psychedelic figure was part of an immersive and interactive Spectra Art Space installation.
Denver is home to the International Church of Cannabis, which puts on a laser light show that's open to the public.Scroll through Eventbrite, and you’ll see a handful of mushroom-growing classes, sometimes specifically mentioning the kind that make you hallucinate. Later this month, Denver will host Psychedelic Science 2023, a five-day convention with 10,000 attendees expected daily.
Prop 122 passed with nearly 54% of the vote. By comparison, another referendum that allowed grocery stores to sell wine passed by just over 50%. Hirsheimer did acknowledge that the newly expanded access to psilocybin, the compound in shrooms that causes hallucinations, could lead to some turbulence in the short-term. She told Fox News there could be users who make dangerous decisions like driving while on psychedelics, though she said those risks also exist for legal substances like weed andNiforatos pointed out how, unlike alcohol, there's no way to test whether someone is driving while on psychedelics.
Niforatos worried that the increased access to psychedelics would lead to more homelessness — already a top issue in Denver — since people living on the streets often suffer from addiction problems already. He also warned that the drugs could worsen underlying mental illnesses or lead to Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder, a rare scenario in which someone experiences hallucinations after any drugs have exited a person's system.
In some instances, like Hirsheimer’s first acid trip, those can be eye-opening and transformative, even if difficult. That’s why Caldwell runs the Psychedelic Club’s"integration circle" where psychedelic drug users can discuss their past trips. Another example of Denver’s above-ground psychedelic community: the integration circle is open to the public.
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