Colorado Springs Lawmaker States Benefits of Psychedelic Medicine During City Council Meeting
Members of Decriminalize Nature Colorado Springs gave a proposal presentation last Tuesday during a city council meeting. The proposal would make law enforcement against entheogenic substances the city’s low priorities. During the meeting, Richard Skorman, the council’s president stated that he recognized the therapeutic potential of some psychedelics and that his sister-in-law, who had been diagnosed with cancer, was part of a nationally recognized Columbia University study that centered on psilocybin mushrooms. He added that the study had helped her tremendously. The founder of DNCS, Anthony Caballero told the council while describing his proposal that the resolution would be beneficial,…