Colorado voters will have the chance to decide on a historic ballot initiative this November to legalize psychedelics and create licensed psilocybin “healing centers” where people can use the substance for therapeutic purposes.
Less than a month after activists turned in signatures for the “Natural Medicine Health Act,” the secretary of state’s office on Thursday announced that the campaign had successfully qualified the measure for the ballot.
The Natural Medicine Colorado campaign, which is backed by the national New Approach PAC, had submitted about 100,000 more signatures than required for ballot access, a sizable buffer that was the result of just about three months of petitioning.
“We’re deeply proud of the work that has led to this moment,” Kevin Matthews, one of two designated representatives for the initiative, said in a press release on Thursday. “These medicines hold such promise for people struggling with PTSD, depression, and other mental health challenges.”
“As we deal with a growing mental health crisis in our state, we need new tools to help Coloradans heal, and these are research-backed therapies that can work even where other treatments have failed,” Matthews, who also served as campaign manager for a first-of-its-kind local psilocybin decriminalization initiative that
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