{"id":14061,"date":"2020-04-05T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/?p=14061"},"modified":"2020-04-10T00:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T07:10:08","slug":"hallucinogenic-mushrooms-decriminalized-by-santa-cruz-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjcctimes.com\/es\/14061\/news\/hallucinogenic-mushrooms-decriminalized-by-santa-cruz-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallucinogenic mushrooms decriminalized by Santa Cruz City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Cruz\u2019s City Council<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unanimously approved a measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms on Jan. 28.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure states that investigation and arrest for the possession or cultivation of psychedelic mushrooms by any person 21 and over is now a low priority infraction, meaning the largest consequence for mushroom possession will be at most a fine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magic mushrooms contain psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance that can cause feelings of euphoria and sensory distortion, according to the Medical News Today website. Interacting directly with the receptors in the brain, psilocybin activates serotonin when consumed, making it a popular recreational drug.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users report visual distortions while also having intensified emotions and feelings. Science blog How Stuff Works wrote that users may see patterns and colors that are not actually there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When tripping off magic mushrooms, the perception of time may seem like it does not exist so users can expect to feel that hours have passed by in minutes. It is also possible for users to experience changed perceptions of the universe or feel closer to a higher power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Drug Policy Alliance\u2019s website, psilocybin mushrooms have had a long history of medicinal and recreational use<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For thousands of years, indigenous tribes from Europe and the Americas have been using magic mushrooms for medicinal and ceremonial purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many different countries including the U.S. started clinical experiments to explore the medicinal uses for psilocybin, but <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research ended<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the 1970s when magic mushrooms became a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I drug because of its claimed high potential for abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 sno-animate pullquote-shadow'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>Shrooms offer a different perspective to life.<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; SJCC student Nageen Bibi<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #212121;\n    border-top-width: 5px;\n    border-right-width: 5px;\n    border-bottom-width: 5px;\n    border-left-width: 5px;\n    background-color: #212121;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 p.quotespeaker {\n    color: #ffffff !important;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 .quotebar {\n    background: #cccccc;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 .largequote {\n\tcolor: #ffffff;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a3404bcc5092 .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople who take more than a medicinal dose of magic mushrooms are abusing the drug,\u201d said Andrew Bonnit, 25, psychology major at Mission college. \u201cMagic mushrooms do have potential to be helpful but would probably do more harm than good.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPsychology Today\u201d claimed Magic mushrooms might help people with mental disorders such as depression, panic disorders and PTSD. It\u00a0 has also been claimed to help people who struggle with alcohol or other drug addictions, according to TIME magazine in an article written in 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShrooms (magic mushrooms) offer a different perspective to life,\u201d said SJCC student Nageen Bibi, 21,\u00a0 communications major. \u201c It allows you to look at life through a different lense, giving you a chance to broaden your perspective on different things; and it should be accessible to everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clinical trials and research for psychedelic drugs are still in progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People are able to apply for psychedelic clinical trials with Psychedelic Support, an organization dedicated to providing information and resources about medicinal psychedelics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychologists and scientists are actively researching the benefits of drugs like magic mushrooms for the potential to help more people suffering from severe mental illnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Cruz\u2019s City Council unanimously approved a measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms on Jan. 28.\u00a0 The measure states that investigation and arrest for the possession or cultivation of psychedelic mushrooms by any person 21 and over is now a low priority infraction, meaning the largest consequence for mushroom possession will be at most a fine.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":14062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[40,1063,91,42,1064,1065,93,1066,85],"staff_name":[846],"class_list":["post-14061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-city-college-times","tag-hallucinogenic","tag-journalism","tag-journalism-program","tag-mushrooms","tag-psilocybin","tag-san-jose-city-college","tag-santa-cruz-city-council","tag-sjcc","staff_name-mila-le"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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