SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on Oakland voting to decriminalize magic mushrooms (all times local):11:20 p.m.Oakland has become the second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms after speakers testified that psychedelics had helped them overcome depression, drug addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to decriminalize the adult use and possession of magic mushrooms and other entheogenic, or psychoactive, plants and fungi. Magic mushrooms would remain illegal under both federal and state laws. ___12:43 p.m.Oakland would become the second U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms under a proposal before the City Council. Magic mushrooms would remain illegal under both federal and state laws.

Source: Washington Post June 05, 2019 06:11 UTC