Psilocybin

This week, hosts Jeanne Souldern and Raleigh Burleigh interview Tasia Poinsatte, director of the Healing Advocacy Fund, about Prop. 122 and the upcoming Aspen Psychedelic Symposium on June 2.

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

Psilocybin, the psychoactive substance in so-called magic mushrooms, is decriminalized in Colorado, thanks to Proposition 122. But it will likely be a few years before Coloradans can access it through state-regulated clinics.

The action doesn't legalize psilocybin mushrooms, but it effectively bars the city from prosecuting or arresting adults 21 or older who possess them.

Denver could be the first place to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms if voters pass a ballot measure today. Supporters point to research finding therapeutic effects from fungi containing psilocybin.