I was surprised to recently discover that Ann Arbor, MI and its surrounding county have decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms, effectively legalizing their possession and cultivation for personal use. They are not commercially legal, so I assume you can still get into legal trouble if you're bulk-growing for the purpose of dealing them.
This is pretty much the regime I'd like to see nationwide around psilocybes - I don't think "dispensary style" commercial legalization is necessary or even a good idea, but I like the idea that people can be trusted to consume / cultivate them.
I'm mildly skeptical of the recent trend of medicalization around mushrooms and other entheogens - I think they can be beneficial, but I'm not sure that handing that benefit over to the drug/pharmaceutical industry is the ideal way to get the benefits into society.
I'm even more skeptical, though that a legalization regime like what we've seen with marijuana would be a net good, so I end up really liking the middle road approach of "well, you're not going to be able to buy it in a store, but if you want to seek it out for yourself, and don't commit any other crimes in the process, have at it."
This is pretty much the regime I'd like to see nationwide around psilocybes - I don't think "dispensary style" commercial legalization is necessary or even a good idea, but I like the idea that people can be trusted to consume / cultivate them.
I'm mildly skeptical of the recent trend of medicalization around mushrooms and other entheogens - I think they can be beneficial, but I'm not sure that handing that benefit over to the drug/pharmaceutical industry is the ideal way to get the benefits into society.
I'm even more skeptical, though that a legalization regime like what we've seen with marijuana would be a net good, so I end up really liking the middle road approach of "well, you're not going to be able to buy it in a store, but if you want to seek it out for yourself, and don't commit any other crimes in the process, have at it."