The California Coalition for Psychedelic Safety and Education, which opposed the measure, said more safeguards are necessary before decriminalization occurs.
“We’re grateful that Governor Newsom listened to some of the top medical experts, psychedelic researchers and psychiatrists in the country who all warned that legalization without guardrails was at best premature for both personal and therapeutic use,” the coalition said in a statement Saturday. “Any move toward decriminalization will require appropriate public education campaigns, safety protocols and emergency response procedures to help keep Californians safe.”
For one, nobody was arguing for "legalization without guardrails". Decriminalization and legalization are two different things. Secondly, how does throwing people in jail get you closer to achieving "appropriate public education campaigns, safety protocols and emergency response procedures"?
Despite what conservatives want to believe, MKULTRA often selected black, poor, prisoners, or really any marginalized group as test subjects. Letting them breathe means less experimentation.
For one, nobody was arguing for "legalization without guardrails". Decriminalization and legalization are two different things. Secondly, how does throwing people in jail get you closer to achieving "appropriate public education campaigns, safety protocols and emergency response procedures"?
Despite what conservatives want to believe, MKULTRA often selected black, poor, prisoners, or really any marginalized group as test subjects. Letting them breathe means less experimentation.
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