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> SEC. 3. PURPOSE AND INTENT. > > The purpose of this article is to decriminalize the personal possession, storage, use, cultivation, manufacturing, distribu
by tayo42 7y ago
> SEC. 3. PURPOSE AND INTENT.
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> The purpose of this article is to decriminalize the personal possession, storage, use, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution in personal possession amounts without profit, transport, and consumption of psilocybin mushrooms and the chemical compounds contained in them for any person over the age of 18, or for any person younger than 18 with parental or guardian consent by amending California Health and Safety Codes HSC § 11 390 & 11391.
I'm confused, whats the difference between legalization and decriminalization then. This sounds like legalization to me? Decriminalizaton i thought was making it a low priority to law enforcement which some places already did?
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y agoFrom an article I found[0]: > As such, Topley, explained then, it is “very close to legalization, however, without psilocybin being rescheduled or descheduled at the federal level, it seems more appropriate to refer to it as decriminalization.” [0] https://filtermag.org/decriminalize-california-signature-drive/ https://filtermag.org/decriminalize-california-signature-dri...
- awb 7y agoCorrect, decriminalizing doesn't mean that it's legal, just that the police won't use resources trying to stop it. Legalizing at the city or county level would run into conflict with state & federal laws that prohibit it. This is a way of getting around that conflict.
- ac29 7y agoThis allows "distribution in personal possession amounts without profit". Legalization would imply that some entity or entities were legally allowed to sell at commercial scale to the general public at a profit.
- awb 7y agoAlcohol is legal, but you can't sell it legally without a liquor license and those can be restricted in number and limited in scope (in MA you can't sell liquor on Sundays).
- superuser0 7y agoThat last part hasn't been true in quite some time. Since 2003, alcohol sales have been allowed on Sunday in Massachusetts.
- awb 7y agoSorry - I moved away around that time!
- Ididntdothis 7y ago"Decriminalizaton i thought was making it a low priority to law enforcement which some places already did?" I think that's it. It means pretty much that they won't enforce laws anymore. I think in theory the feds could still nail you if they wanted to.