{"id":8119,"date":"2018-03-08T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2976672&amp;preview_id=2976672"},"modified":"2018-03-08T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T18:00:31","slug":"after-the-success-of-cannabis-legalization-in-denver-could-mushrooms-be-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/after-the-success-of-cannabis-legalization-in-denver-could-mushrooms-be-next\/","title":{"rendered":"After the success of cannabis legalization in Denver, could mushrooms be next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/after-the-success-of-cannabis-legalization-in-denver-could-mushrooms-be-next\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-date\">Published: Mar 8, 2018, 10:34 am \u2022 Updated: Mar 8, 2018, 10:34 am <span class=\"single-comments-link\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <strong>Jackie Crea<\/strong>, <em> The Denver Channel<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DENVER \u2013 Colorado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/10\/11\/colorado-marijuana-sales-august-2017-tax-data\/89751\/\">blazed trails when it legalized pot<\/a> and now Denver could lead the way decriminalizing magic mushrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The group Denver for Psilocybin may soon have the all-clear to start gathering signatures so you can vote on it this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Gathering at the steps of the Denver City and County building on Wednesday, the group\u00a0\u2014 chanting at times, \u201cfree the spores!\u201d\u00a0\u2014 met with city leaders\u00a0about their push to decriminalize psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Decriminalization would mean reducing the penalty for possession of psilocybin mushrooms. Colorado decriminalized marijuana long before the drug became legal for medicinal or recreational use. Tyler Williams, one of the leaders of Denver for Psilocybin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/news\/front-range\/denver\/after-pots-success-could-denver-legalize-mushrooms-next\">spoke to Denver7<\/a> about their reasoning behind the push.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of research for all sorts of mental health issues. Everything from anxiety to depression to cluster headaches, addiction,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/news\/front-range\/denver\/after-pots-success-could-denver-legalize-mushrooms-next\">TheDenverChannel.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013; &#013; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado blazed trails when it legalized pot and now Denver could lead the way decriminalizing magic mushrooms. The group Denver for Psilocybin may soon&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7038,6811,376,6847,7143,6813,6848,77,5667,9,7300,5019,441,1777,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[7039,6816,2954,6850,7144,6818,6851,2655,5673,7305,5022,3015,4345],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}