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Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Still Illegal In Iowa
One member of the Iowa legislature has been pushing to make psychedelic mushrooms legal to use for Iowans. Recreational drug use has been a hot button issue across the country, but the use of psilocybin, which is the chemical found in mushrooms finally reached the Iowa House floor.
According to the psilocybin website, it is classified as a Schedule I Controlled Dangerous Substance in Iowa. Apparently, these specific types of mushroom spores do not have any psilocybin spores, which makes them legal to be bought and sold in 47 of the 50 states.
Iowa Representative Jeff Shipley has been leading the way on this bill for some time, but it has been canned for the time being.
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Bill to legalize psychedelic mushrooms for medical use fails to advance
Rep. Jeff Shipley
An Iowa lawmaker who’s been trying to legalize psychedelic mushrooms for medical use got a statehouse hearing on the idea early today, but Representative Jeff Shipley’s bill was defeated in subcommittee on a 0-3 vote. Shipley, a Republican from Fairfield, says psilocybin the chemical found in so-called “magic” mushrooms should be legalized as treatment for things like depression, addiction and end of life care.
“I just want to thank everyone for coming out for a great discussion,” Shipley said this morning at the hearing. “I think that we’ve had some powerful testimony that there is indeed some medical value to these substances.”