Psychedelics Group Publishes Handbook Guiding Local Decriminalization Efforts

Decriminalize Nature, a national organization that advocates for psychedelics reform, recently introduced an extensive guideline for organizers who are interested in advocating for policy changes at a local level, which will lessen the criminalization of entheogenic substances.

The organization has supported other successful campaigns to make laws on fungi-and-plant derived psychedelics a low priority in law enforcement efforts from 3 cities. Decriminalize Nature wants to now provide activists with the resources they require to get psychedelic substances decriminalized, either through ballot initiatives or the legislative channel. The guidelines they released talk about the organization’s origin as well as its principles, objectives and the best practices to achieve their goals.

Organizers are not only encouraged to present model legislations to local lawmakers with the aim of advancing reform through legislatures and city councils but to also customize them to fit their community’s needs.

In the guidelines’ introduction, Decriminalize Nature states that their role is be available and present to support local efforts. The guidelines also include press release templates, sample educational emails that organizers can distribute to local legislators as well as fact sheets.

Shortly after Denver became the 1st county in the United States to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms using a ballot initiative in 2019, activists from Decriminalize Nature in Oakland called for their city council to pass a motion that deprioritized the enforcement of laws against psychedelics including ibogaine and ayahuasca.  The local legislators approved the bill in a unanimous vote.

Following this win, the local Decriminalize Nature branch in Santa Cruz helped decriminalize entheogenic substances in the County as well as in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As all the council votes on these proposals have been unanimous, this shows the organization’s focus on educating legislators while also sharing personal journeys about the transformative effect these fungi and plants have had on supporters.

The group is just getting started though, with activists from more than 100 cities showing interest in following Decriminalize Nature’s footsteps. The released guidelines are a tool the organization is using to empower those activists.

The group also plans to continue with advocacy even after decriminalization has been attained in every state. They hope to do this using a follow-up legislation that would form a regulatory framework that allows for psychedelic healing ceremonies in the city.

In an additional note, residents of Oregon will be voting on a ballot initiative to legalize the use of psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic purposes.

Experts say companies like Pure Extract Technologies Inc. feel encouraged when volunteers take up the mantle of educating communities about the immense benefits of psychedelics and why their continued criminalization isn’t warranted.

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