Denver decriminalizes psychedelic mushrooms

Re:Denver decriminalizes psychedelic mushrooms by anythingnonidin on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @11:21PM (#19865088)

Sort of. "Connecticut’s drug laws will go from some of the most draconian in the country to some of the most lenient this fall when most drug possession crimes are reduced from felonies to misdemeanors" So drug possession is still a misdemeanor in CT.

When I hear decriminalized I think no criminal penalties and civil infraction only, and technically decriminalization really means no penalties. Sadly, that's not what this is.

Still, the Connecticut policy is a step the right direction.

The Denver one isn't technically decriminalization either, but it's effectively decriminalization, at least in terms of Denver city police.

Also, there are a number of other states that have reduced criminal penalties for drug possession from felony to misdemeanor, such as Oregon and California.

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Re:Denver decriminalizes psychedelic mushrooms by Alex3917 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @11:50PM (#19865207)

Good clarification. For all intents and purposes though getting caught with mushrooms goes from being extremely scary to not scary at all. Even though theoretically they can put you in prison for a year for the misdemeanor, in practice you're probably more likely to get a $300 fine as long as you weren't in a school zone.

Even though everyone hated Malloy for whatever reason, he actually did a lot of good stuff for the state and it seems like Lamont is going to keep expanding on the criminal justice reform stuff that he got started. And now that Toni Boucher is finally gone it will hopefully keep passing.

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