California law enforcement leaders joined drug prevention experts Sept. 25 in an hour-long teleconference asking for the governor’s ban of a bill, which if approved, will decriminalize the use of certain hallucinogens statewide.
Authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), Senate Bill 58 would allow people 21 or older to possess or transport for personal use some amounts of psychedelic substances including psilocybin, otherwise known as “magic mushrooms.” Cultivation of the drugs would also be permitted under specified amounts.
