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for adults over 21 this past May And in June Oakland’s city city council passed a a a a a a a resolution preventing city city funds from being used to prosecute people for the possession or or use use of natural psychedelic plants and and fungi including psilocybin mushrooms ayahuasca and and peyote Aside from Decriminalize California activists in in in more than 100 cities and and counties are now seeking to replicate Oakland’s resolution Sales and and and distribution for profit are explicitly left out o of the the the measures in in Denver and and and Oakland At the the the same time their phrasing is purposefully vague without mention of possession or or or cultivation limits for for personal use to to allow for for home grows (Ultimately it it will be up to to to the discretion of law enforcement to to determine when an individual has violated the new guidelines )
Beyond easier access the incentives behind home grows are myriad Munevar explains that if you asked 20 voters why they want to grow grow or consume mushrooms based on on on on on average statistics one one one will will will say say say “medical reasons” reasons” one one one will will will say say say “therapeutic reasons” reasons” one one one will will will say say say “it’s my religious or spiritual belief” and the the the the other other 17 will tell you “freedom of choice ” ” ” In other other words “cognitive liberty ” ” says Munevar “That they they should be be be able to to to do whatever they they want to to to to their body body be be it good or bad It’s not up to to to to the the government to to to decide since my my body body is my my property ” Kevin Matthews who successfully led the the Decriminalize Denver initiative and is now director of the Society for for Psychedelic Outreach Reform and Education (S P P O O R R E E )
agrees that home cultivation is about taking your your your health health into your your your hands Growing your your your own mushrooms “is an an an an exercise of mental health health freedom ” he he says and can “be seen as a a a a a a a a a threat