Voters on Tuesday could make Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin — the psychoactive substance in "magic mushrooms" — and add a new chapter to the city's role in shaping wider drug policy. Kevin Matthews, director of the Decriminalize Denver campaign, said psilocybin has helped him deal with depression for years. A California effort to decriminalize psilocybin failed to qualify for the statewide ballot in 2018. It took the pro-psilocybin organizers in Denver three tries to develop language approved by city officials for the ballot. Supporters of the psilocybin initiative have done door-to-door canvassing, documentary screenings and leafletting at community events or outside Coors Field before Colorado Rockies' games.

Source: ABC News May 07, 2019 05:18 UTC