A Colorado lawmaker said he wants to protect the “spirit” of the recently passed psilocybin measure and ensure Colorado becomes a model for decriminalization.
BOULDER — A call went out on social media, and now Sen. Steve Fenberg faced a crowd of skeptical constituents who’d heard rumors about his plans for“There is a post on Reddit that many of you — it may be the reason why you’re here because you were told that we were re-criminalizing what was decriminalized in Proposition 122,” Fenberg said at a townhall Monday night. He sat on a stage next to fellow Boulder Democrat Rep. Judy Amabile. “Again, I don’t know where that’s coming from.
“The definition of personal use is a little squirrely,” Fenberg said in a January interview. He has not introduced or formally drafted a bill related to psilocybin, he said Monday. “Again to rein it in; it’s to make it clear so A, people aren’t getting tied up in the criminal justice system that shouldn’t, and B, if there’s clearly illegal activity or organized crime or drug trafficking, then law enforcement knows that they can step in.
Bergman said Wednesday that counties — especially those that border Colorado’s neighboring states — were worried about the sale and trafficking of mushrooms out of the state and wanted clarity on what law enforcement can do. Any encroachment on those positions, Foerster said, “would be considered a rollback of the personal use section” of the measure.
Fenberg said that a large part of the bill he’s working on will center on the regulated side of the ballot measure, governing approved healing centers. As the measure was passed, that oversight will exist under the authority of the state Department of Regulatory Agencies, or DORA. Fenberg said he’s looking at whether that’s where the oversight “should live.”
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