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King County committee adopts amendment backing deprioritization of entheogen prosecutions, sends motion to full council
Summary
The Health, Housing and Human Services Committee adopted a striking amendment and recommended a due pass on a motion urging deprioritization of criminal enforcement for certain personal entheogen uses, while clarifying the measure does not restrain law enforcement from addressing harmful or illegal conduct.
Chair Claudia Mosqueda convened the Health, Housing and Human Services Committee on March 3 and introduced proposed motion 2026-0017, which expresses council support for continued entheogen research and urges deprioritization of criminal enforcement for limited personal entheogen use.
Nick Bowman of Council Central Staff summarized the motion and striking amendment S1, saying the change narrows the definition of "entheogen" to naturally occurring plant or fungal substances, limits "personal use" to noncommercial purposes, sets a minimum user age of 21, prohibits use in public places and inserts language…
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