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Colorado Decriminalize Mushrooms

Colorado Might Be the Next State to Decriminalize ā€œMagicā€ Mushrooms

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It wasnā€™t just the painful tumors or medication that made Alan Floyd sick.Ā It was the idea that death could come at any time, a brutal fact of his condition that came to dominate his days and grew into night terrors during his sleep.

ā€œIt was this monstrous, impending doom of death hanging over me,ā€ Floyd said.

But Floyd found a way to interrupt the cycle of rumination and fear by experimenting with ā€œmagicā€ mushrooms. Heā€™s one of many patients and spiritual seekers in Colorado who have sought healing and relief from mushrooms and other psychedelic substances, despite a federal prohibition.

Although recent research showing the healing potential of these drugs hasĀ spurred renewed interest, mushrooms and naturally derived psychedelics like mescaline, ibogaine, and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, have been used by people for centuries. Itā€™s only in the past 50 years that they were considered illegal.

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Medical Care at Electronic Music Festivals

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While medical care is not spotlighted much in any electronic dance music festival, this does not discount its critical importance. In fact, medical care is, and should be,Ā aĀ constant in events such as this and others as well.

The critical importance of medical care is all the more apparent given the unique environment present at an musicĀ festival where electronic music is focus. The fact that most attendees belong to a younger, healthier demographic and there is the danger of drugs and alcohol lurking around makes medical care in such events even more challenging. As such, it is important that the medical facilities and personnelĀ assigned to such events areĀ able to address the possible situations that may arise in such events.

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