A Democratic lawmaker in California introduced a bill Dec. 19 to decriminalize the personal use of plant-based psychedelic drugs—such as magic mushrooms, mescaline, and psilocybin—outside of school grounds for people 21 and up.
“Criminalizing drug use and possession accomplishes absolutely nothing other than to fill up our prisons with people who are addicted,” said Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), author of the bill. “We need to treat drug use as a health issue instead of a criminal one.”
Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the author of Senate Bill (SB) 58, said outside of the state Capitol Dec. 19 that psychedelics—a type of hallucinogenic drugs—“have huge promise” when it comes to helping those suffering from mental health issues such as opioid addiction, depression, anxiety, and PTSD….