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Michigan Decriminalization of Psilocybin Mushrooms and Other Plants and Fungi Initiative (2024)
| Michigan Decriminalization of Psilocybin Mushrooms and Other Plants and Fungi Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Drug crime policy | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Michigan Decriminalization of Psilocybin Mushrooms and Other Plants and Fungi Initiative was not on the ballot in Michigan as an indirect initiated state statute on November 5, 2024.
The ballot measure would decriminalize the cultivation, possession, and use of psilocybin, ibogaine, mescaline, peyote, and dimethyltryptamine, which together would be called natural plants and mushrooms.[1]
The proposed ballot measure is an indirect initiated state statute. In Michigan, citizen-initiated statutes that receive enough valid signatures are sent to the Legislature, which then has 40 days to pass the initiative into law. The governor cannot veto indirect initiatives that legislators approve. If the legislature does not approve the initiative, then it appears on the next general election ballot.
Sponsors
Decriminalize Nature Michigan, the state chapter of Decriminalize Nature, and Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) are sponsoring the initiative.[2]
Myc Williams, co-director of Decriminalize Nature Michigan and a SSDP board member, said, “Michigan continues to lead progress in the Midwest and today we mark another powerful step toward justice. As someone who has directly experienced the harms of the criminal justice system, today is a proud day of change and perseverance for myself and for the great state of Michigan!”[2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
Stages of this initiative
- The campaign Michigan Initiative for Community Health filed a petition with the State Board of Canvassers on February 1, 2022.[1]
- On March 21, 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that a union logo on the petition did not need to comply with petition font-size requirements and did not invalidate petition sheets containing the logo.[3]
- On March 24, 2022, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers approved the petition form for the initiative, clearing the initiative for signature gathering.[4] It was reported on Oct. 18, 2022, that the campaign wanted to place the initiative on the 2024 ballot.[5]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michigan Board of State Canvassers, "Michigan Initiative for Community Health Petition," accessed February 1, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marijuana Moment, "Michigan Activists Begin Signature Gathering For Psychedelics Legalization Ballot Initiative Following State Certification," March 28, 2022
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Supreme Court clears way for union labels to stay on petition initiatives," March 21, 2022
- ↑ Michigan Live, "Initiative to change Michigan term limits moves forward," March 24, 2022
- ↑ WLNS, "Michigan groups hope to decriminalize mushrooms, other drugs," Oct. 8, 2022
