Kafer: We don’t need another industry getting rich off of getting others high

Mazatec psilocybin mushrooms ready for harvest ... — Mazatec psilocybin mushrooms ready for harvest in their growing tub May 19, 2019. (Photo by Joe Amon/The Denver Post)

By Krista Kafer | Columnist for The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: August 2, 2022 at 6:01 AM MDT | UPDATED: August 9, 2022 at 12:12 PM MDT

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If the initiative passes, hallucinogenics would be available at state-licensed “healing centers” where users could take drugs under the watch of trained “facilitators.”

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Kafer: We don’t need another industry getting rich off of getting others high

Initiative 58 would allow hallucinogenics at state-licensed “healing centers”

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