Denver Votes to Become First US City to Decriminalize ‘Magic Mushrooms’

Denver Votes to Become First US City to Decriminalize ‘Magic Mushrooms’
Psilocybin or "magic mushrooms" are seen in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Washington on. May 7, 2019. DEA/Handout via Reuters
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Denver will become the first city in the United States to decriminalize magic mushrooms, based on final unofficial results on May 8 of a ballot initiative about the hallucinogenic drug.

The initiative called for Colorado’s capital to end the imposition of criminal penalties for individuals at least 21 years of age for using or possessing psilocybin, widely known as magic mushrooms.