With a 3-2 vote, the city of East Lansing, Michigan rejected a measure to decriminalize psychedelics.
Mayor Ron Bacon worries that creating a grey area would pose challenges and liabilities for law enforcement.
Hazel Park became the third city in Michigan to decriminalize a range of psychedelics, following Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Activists continue to push for statewide ballot initiative to legalize the possession, cultivation, and sharing of natural psychedelics and set up a system for therapeutic use.
A ballot measure was filed in Michigan to legalize possession, cultivation, and sharing of a range of psychedelics and implement a system for therapeutic and spiritual use.
If enacted, psilocybin, psilocyn, ibogaine, mescaline, peyote and DMT would be legalized for adults 18 and older.
Representatives from seven US states (Oregon, Nebraska, Michigan, Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania) have submitted a letter urging the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to allow terminally-ill patients access to psilocybin treatments. The lawmakers believe that psilocybin qualifies as an investigational drug and should therefore be accessible through Right to Try laws.
TripSitter Clinic Corp. now offers at-home ketamine therapy in 10 states!
The company, which is part of Origin Therapeutics’ portfolio, expanded its services to eight new states: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Washington, Florida, New York, Ohio, and Virginia, in addition to California and Illinois.
Patients can receive a prescription for oral ketamine after a virtual consultation a physician. They can then take the medication at home with virtual guidance, followed by therapy sessions.
Another company, My Ketamine Home, offers similar services in Texas, Florida, and California.
With a 61% to 39% win, Detroit became the fourth city in Michigan to widely decriminalize possession and therapeutic use of psychedelics.
Over 80% voted to establish a reparations committee that will develop programs to address historical discrimination against Black communities.
With a 61% to 39% win, Detroit became the fourth city in Michigan to widely decriminalize possession and therapeutic use of psychedelics.
Over 80% voted to establish a reparations committee that will address historical discrimination against Black communities through housing and economic development programs.
Next Tuesday, Detroit will vote on a bill to decriminalize possession and therapeutic use of entheogens including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and peyote.
A member of Citizens Research Council of Michigan, a non-partisan group that assessed the proposal, explains that psychedelics are already a low priority for law enforcement. “This is not a big issue in the first place. Police departments and prosecuting attorneys are not spending a great deal of time dealing with these drugs.”
In a 5-2 vote, Grand Rapids, Michigan approved a psychedelics decriminalization resolution, yet activists feel the measure falls short.
The resolution calls for law enforcement deprioritization for use and possession of psilocybin, peyote, ayahuasca, and ibogaine, but it doesn’t address the cultivation, purchase, transportation or distribution of the entheogens, unlike the measure passed in Ann Arbor.
On the bright side, the measure notes that the Mayor and City Commission will support efforts to decriminalize the entheogenic plants and fungi on a local, state, and federal level.
Michigan could be the next state to decriminalize psilocybin!
Senator Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced a bill, SB 631, that would decriminalize the use, possession, cultivation, and delivery of psilocybin and mescaline.
The bill would also allow practitioners to use the psychedelics in counseling or spiritual guidance, but commercial sales would remain illegal.
The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan has already decriminalized psychedelics, and Detroit isn’t far behind with a decriminalization initiative to appear on the ballot this November.
