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Detroit could become one of the next Michigan cities to decriminalize psychedelics, with the reform proposal making the local ballot for this November. While Detroit is the largest city in the state in terms of population, it isn't the only jurisdiction that activists are targeting. The Ann Arbor City Council has already elected to make enforcement of laws prohibition psychedelics like psilocybin, ayahuasca and DMT among the city's lowest priorities—and lawmakers recently followed up by declaring September Entheogenic Plants and Fungi Awareness Month. Advocates also plan to introduce a reform resolution to the Grand Rapids City Council on Tuesday. After Ann Arbor legislators passed a decriminalization resolution last year, the Washtenaw County prosecutor announced that his office will not be pursuing charges over possessing entheogenic plants and fungi, "regardless of the amount at issue." It's not clear who oversaw the drafting of the initiative that will now appear on the ballot, but advocates with Decriminalize Nature Michigan, who are coordinating other efforts across the state, said at a recent meeting that there was room for improvement down the line if the Detroit measure is approved by voters. Here's the text of the Detroit psychedelics initiative, Proposal E: "Shall the voters of the City of Detroit adopt an ordinance to the 2019 Detroit City Code that would decriminalize to the fullest extent permitted under Michigan law the personal possession and therapeutic use of Entheogenic Plants by adults and make the personal possession and therapeutic use of Entheogenic Plants by adults the city's lowest law-enforcement priority?" At the same time that local activists are pursuing decriminalization, a pair of state senators introduced a bill earlier this month to legalize the possession, cultivation and delivery of an array of plant- and fungus-derived psychedelics like psilocybin and mescaline. — Marijuana Moment is already tracking more…

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