Massachusetts voters reject decriminalization of 5 natural psychedelics

Question 4 would have allowed adults 21 or older to use psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, mescaline.

The initiative also would have authorized state-licensed "psychedelic therapy centers" Colorado voters approved the same initiative in 2022 , covering the same substances and conduct.

Just as the medical use of marijuana opened the door to broader legalization, that strategy could undermine the premises of the war on drugs and pave the way to wider pharmacological freedom. But not in Massachusetts , at least not yet..