Proponents say “magic mushrooms” can help with depression, chronic pain, addiction, PTSD and anxiety. Opponents say too much is unknown and don't want Denver to be a drug hotspot.
Denver voters will decide Tuesday whether to decriminalize possession and use of hallucinogenic mushrooms. By Tom Jackman Tom Jackman Reporter covering criminal justice locally and nationally Email Bio Follow May 6 at 6:00 AM If you thought legalized marijuana truly put the “high” in the Mile High City, wait until you hear what Denver is up to now.
Kevin Matthews was a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who was forced to retire due to major depression. He returned to Denver and struggled for years until he tried mushrooms for the first time. “We’re still figuring out marijuana, and even though things are going well so far, we’re still measuring the impacts on the people of Denver,” McCann said.
Matthews acknowledged the possibility of abuse of hallucinogens if they become more widely available. “67 percent of the volunteers,” the Hopkins study found, “rated the experience with psilocybin to be either the single most meaningful experience of his or her life or among the top five most meaningful experiences of his or her life … to be similar, for example, to the birth of a first child or death of a parent.” The study was entitled, “Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance.
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