A bill to legalize psychedelics in California passed the legislature with bipartisan support but was opposed by law enforcement and other groups and vetoed by Gov. Newsom.
Psilocybin mushrooms stand ready for harvest in a humidified “fruiting chamber” in the basement of a private home Connecticut in July. After the East Bay pilot ’s midair meltdown where he tried to shut off the jet engines and later told told police he’d been depressed and recently took magic mushrooms may prove a setback for the quest to make California the third state to legalize psychedelic drugs.
“Anyone can abuse a substance — legal or illegal — and do something horrific,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat who plans to reintroduce legislation to legalize hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline and DMT. “People overwhelmingly use them without engaging in violence. This situation is an extreme outlier and this guy should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
A group called Decriminalize California meanwhile is gathering signatures toward a possible 2024 ballot measure that would allow for the possession and consumption of an unlimited amount of magic mushrooms and psilocybin-infused products for anyone in California over the age of 21. The state affidavit said Emerson told an officer and medical personnel that “he had consumed ‘magic mushrooms’ approximately 48 hours prior to the incident on the plane,” and that an officer “did not observe Emerson to be outwardly under the influence of intoxicants.”
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