US city Denver holds referendum on magic mushrooms

LOS ANGELES - Nearly 15 years after it became the first American city to legalise cannabis, Denver went to the polls on Tuesday to decide on decriminalising hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Proponents point to studies that say psilocybin is not considered addictive and could be used against depression or opioid addiction, which causes thousands of deaths in the US each year. Passage would once again put Colorado at the forefront of American drug legalization after it became one of the first two states to vote to legalise marijuana in 2012 - though not all residents approve.

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