Massachusetts voters defeated a ballot measure to legalize psychedelics on Tuesday, rejecting the proposal that would have allowed adults 21 and older to legally possess, grow and share certain amounts of substances such as psilocybin, ibogaine and DMT.
The latest polling indicated that the initiative was ahead by a slim margin, and advocates held out hope that the reform would be enacted.
Under the banner of Massachusetts for Mental Health Options (MMHO), veterans groups and drug policy advocates strongly campaigned to secure a victory ahead of Election Day. That did not come to fruition, however.
What Question 4 would have accomplished:
Adults 21 and older could have legally possessed, grown and shared certain amounts of psychedelics. The covered psychedelics and possession limits were: DMT (one gram), non-peyote mescaline (18 grams), ibogaine (30 grams), psilocybin (one gram) and psilocin (one gram). Those weight limits did not include any material that the active substances are attached to or part of. The penalty for possession of amounts of up to double the limit would have been a $100 civil fine, with amounts above that remaining criminalized. A Natural Psychedelic Substances Commission would have been created to oversee
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