Tag: Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020

Petitioning for Decriminalizing Psychedelics Gets Delayed Due to Coronavirus

Mar 17, 2020

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Michelle Goldchain

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Politics, Washington, D.C.

Last Thursday, the D.C. Board of Elections voted 2-0 to allow the Decriminalize Nature D.C. organization to postpone petitioning for Initiative 81, otherwise known as the Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020. According to Marijuana Moment, the tentative new date for circulation approval is April 1. The board has not authorized a deadline…
Coronavirus Threatens D.C.’s Success for Decriminalizing Psychedelics

Mar 10, 2020

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by

Michelle Goldchain

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Politics, Washington, D.C.

The Decriminalize Nature D.C. organization has asked the D.C. Council and Mayor Muriel Bowser to develop and sponsor emergency legislation to authorize the Board of Elections to provide for online collection of signatures, citing the coronavirus. The organization will need to collect more than 35,000 signatures from D.C. voters to get their initiative that hopes…