Colorado’s cities and counties are pushing for local control over the state’s psilocybin industry. Despite a ballot measure that explicitly prohibits local opt-outs, municipal and county leaders are intent on inserting as much local control as they can into whatever psychedelics-related legislation emerges at the state House this spring.
The refrain at the Colorado Municipal League’s annual legislative workshop in Denver in February was clear: regulate mushrooms like marijuana.
“Colorado has established a precedent with marijuana that allows Colorado communities to choose whether, and to what degree, they want to allow controlled substances in their communities,” league executive director Kevin Bommer said.
