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The Berkeley, California City Council has approved a resolution to deprioritize the enforcement of laws prohibiting psychedelics<\/a>.<\/p>\n Members voted to adopt the measure on Tuesday evening as part of a consent calendar\u2014just hours after a bill to legalize the possession and facilitated use of certain psychedelics<\/a> like psilocybin and ayahuasca advanced through a state Assembly committee.<\/p>\n The local resolution, sponsored by Councilmember Sophie Hahn, was previously approved by the Council\u2019s Health, Life Enrichment, Equity & Community Committee.<\/p>\n \u201cBerkeley has long been a leader on progressive legislation when it comes to criminal justice and cannabis reform in particular,\u201d Hahn said ahead of the vote. \u201cToday\u2019s resolution builds on that legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n Overall, the proposal calls on police to scale back the enforcement of laws against all entheogenic substances, excluding peyote-derived mescaline.<\/p>\n The whereas section of the resolution notes that several California municipalities\u2014such as Oakland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Santa Cruz<\/a>\u2014have already moved to enact local psychedelics reform.<\/p>\n It adds that \u201cthere are criminal justice concerns associated with investigating, arresting, and incarcerating people for personal use of entheogens\/psychedelics, and it is important to balance criminal justice concerns with public health concerns when crafting just and responsible policy.\u201d<\/p>\n Further, the resolution makes it the official policy of the city for local law enforcement to \u201cde-emphasize the use of City funds and resources to assist in the enforcement of laws imposing criminal penalties for the possession of plant- or fungus biosynthesized psychedelic drugs for personal use and for the cultivation, processing, and preparation of psychedelic-drug-containing plants and fungi for personal use.\u201d<\/p>\n Under the proposal, gifting, distributing, selling or administering the psychedelics would not be authorized.<\/p>\n The measure was amended<\/a> prior to the vote<\/a> to incorporate input from the City Attorney\u2019s Office. There were several technical changes, as well as a revision clarifying that the reform does not authorize people to share or administer entheogenic plants and fungi to organizations and groups of people. It originally only said that people weren\u2019t authorized to give away psychedelics to \u201cindividuals.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe City of Berkeley declares its support for a transparent, comprehensive public conversation about the potential to open access to psychedelic drugs in ways that might be safe, beneficial, ethical, and equitable, and urges the California State Legislature to take part in this conversation and consider passing legislation that addresses the relevant issues,\u201d the\u00a0resolution<\/a>\u00a0adds.<\/p>\n \u2014 The measure that the Council approved on Tuesday was modified from an earlier psychedelics reform proposal approved<\/a>\u00a0by the Berkeley Community Health Commission.<\/p>\n The resolution doesn\u2019t explicitly reference SB 58, a bill from Sen. Scott Wiener (D) that passed the state Senate and is\u00a0advancing at the committee level in the Assembly<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wiener said last month that the proposal is\u00a0up against a \u201cchallenging road\u201d toward passage<\/a> because of its unexpected referral to the Assembly Health Committee\u2014but the bill overcame that obstacle on Tuesday when the panel voted to pass it along to the next committee.<\/p>\n SB 58 would legalize the \u201cpossession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, as specified, or transportation of\u201d specific amounts of psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline for personal or facilitated use. However, a recent amendment makes it so communal use could only be authorized after the state develops a regulatory framework for such activity.<\/p>\n Massachusetts Marijuana Sales Hit New Record High Of $152 Million In June, With State Nearing $5 Billion In Recreational Purchases Since Market Launch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Wikimedia\/Workman<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Berkeley, California City Council Approves Psychedelics Reform Resolution<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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