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Some Colorado communities don’t want psychedelic healing centers — but can they stop them?

Proposition 122 does not permit local governments in Colorado to ban psychedelic healing centers

Cokedale Mayor Jason Swetky listens to a town hall meeting on March 20, 2023. A group of Cokedale residents met to discuss the implementation bill for Prop 122, which legalized psilocybin mushroom use in Colorado. The residents that attended the town hall meeting want to make sure local control is part of the bill. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Cokedale Mayor Jason Swetky listens to a town hall meeting on March 20, 2023. A group of Cokedale residents met to discuss the implementation bill for Prop 122, which legalized psilocybin mushroom use in Colorado. The residents that attended the town hall meeting want to make sure local control is part of the bill. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2: Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jaguilar@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Cokedale, a tiny hamlet of 150 hardscrabble residents seven miles west of Trinidad with 350 defunct coke ovens signifying its legacy as a one-time coal mining hub, isn't jazzed about psilocybin healing centers coming in.
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