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Should Massachusetts decriminalize psychedelic plants? Read two views and vote in our online poll. By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated April 16, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Jason Maniscalco Somerville, Cambridge, and Northampton have acted to significantly limit arrests for the possession, cultivation, and exchange of psychedelic plants. As an Army veteran and a volunteer for Bay Staters for Natural Medicine, I believe our Commonwealth should follow their lead by decriminalizing these substances. Psychedelic plants like psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and ibogaine have life-changing spiritual properties. Older Massachusetts millennials suffer among the highest depression rates in the nation, yet one study found mushrooms are four times more effective in treating major depression than conventional medication. A recent analysis of clinical trials cited the benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapy in treating PTSD and terminal illness anxiety. A single non-addicti

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