They hope the magic mushroom sector can avoid the mistakes made when marijuana became legal
Other industry insiders report the rise of community circles where psychedelics are administered by underground healers, as well as pop-up farmers markets and “seshes” — covert events where attendees pay an entry fee and are able to purchase mushrooms directly from growers.
In Oakland, a psychedelic church called Zide Door operates as a de facto mushroom dispensary through the federal religious freedom exemption. It requires customers to sign a waiver declaring that they accept psychedelic plants as part of their spiritual practice. The establishment — one seasoned cannabis reporter compared it to a basement punk rock club — has become an integral part of the city’s growing psychedelic community. Despite a police raid in 2020, the church remains up and running.
“It allows people to engage at a small level without having to go corporate right out of the gate,” says Carlos Plazola, who cofounded the influential Decriminalise Nature organisation in response to what he views as the missteps of cannabis legalisation. Right now, we benefit from the ambiguity because it keeps big business out. You’re not going to get an investor for $100m when the rules could change tomorrow.Allbee says the OHA has engaged with community outreach to encourage participants in the unregulated market to come on board. The agency is also engineering a “spore-to-door” tracking system to prevent an overabundance of product from being diverted into the unregulated space.
“Right now, we benefit from the ambiguity because it keeps big business out,” Harris says. “You’re not going to get an investor for $100 million when the rules could change tomorrow.” He also regularly hosts educational events in California that centre on people of colour. “Decriminalisation allows people like myself and other legacy folks to get our feet into the game,” he says. “It gives us a runway.
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