Colorado becomes second state with legalized ‘medicinal psychedelics’
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Colorado legalized magic mushrooms in this week’s midterm elections, with the group opposing the ballot question conceding defeat before the race was called. Proposition 122 passed with 52%
of the vote. Colorado is the second state to legalize psychedelics, following Oregon’s 2020 passage of a similar ballot question. Like Oregon, Colorado plans to create licensed “healing
centers” where people can take magic mushrooms under supervision. “This is a truly historic moment. Colorado voters saw the benefit of regulated access to natural medicines, including
psilocybin, so people with PTSD, terminal illness, depression, anxiety and other mental health issues can heal,” Kevin Matthews and Veronica Lightning Horse Perez, leaders of Natural
Medicine Colorado, which campaigned for the measure, wrote in a statement emailed to STAT. STAT+ Exclusive Story Already have an account? Log in THIS ARTICLE IS EXCLUSIVE TO STAT+
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