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Residents press Jackson council to consider decriminalizing entheogens as comment period fills with health and safety arguments
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Jackson City Council to adopt or consider a resolution to decriminalize entheogens, citing potential mental-health benefits and criminal-justice savings; others warned about unregulated products and questioned the evidence base.
During the citizen-comment period on June 10, multiple residents urged Jackson City Council to consider either decriminalizing or decriminalization resolutions for entheogens (psychedelics), while others raised public-safety and product-safety concerns.
Advocates framed the question as a public-health and fiscal issue. Steve Springer, a veteran, described PTSD and urged that decriminalization could provide alternative paths for mental-health care.…
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