Why Decriminalize Natue?
1) American Liberty and Personal Freedom
Human beings and American citizens have an unalienable natural right to use plants of their choice. Prosecution for possession of natural plants shall become the lowest law enforcement priority of the state of Michigan, and state funds may not be used for this purpose.
2) Personal and Spiritual Growth
These plants can catalyze profound experiences which prove to be of lasting benefit.
Johns Hopkins AchievementsGood Friday Experiment3) Safety
Except for a few specific contraindications psychedelic plant drugs are extraordinarily safe and non-addictive.
4) Assistance to end addictions.
Entheogenic plants have proven they can help people who wish to end a variety of the most tenacious addictions.
Psychedelics Treating Problematic Drug and Alcohol UsePsilocybin and Tobacco AddictionTherapeutic Psilocybin5) Better mental health
Plant medicines, when properly used, make a significant contribution to the maintenance of good mental health, and to the success of therapeutic interventions. Mental health problems like addiction, suicide, overdose, depression, and anxiety are currently present at high levels; plant medicines can be helpful.
6) Positive environmental benefit
Consciousness exploration using plants tends to restore a bond between people and the natural world. This impulse helped generate the modern environmental movement. The experience of connection with nature can create movement forward for adopting solutions to environmental disasters like global warming.
7) A strongly positive scientific & research base
Treatment for Anxiety from Autism and from Advanced CancerConclusive Research for Mental HealthPositive Changes in Attitude; Deep Personal Meaning8) We want equitable access to entheogenic plants
People must ultimately be allowed to cultivate their own plants and fungi.
9) We seek to include authentic indigenous people and plants, and animals in our resolution.
10) Safe and responsible practice.
We will work actively to encourage safe and responsible practice through the development and dissemination of educational materials.
Resources from Michigan Psychedelic SocietyDanceSafeWhy Now?
Members of the most vulnerable communities are not receiving adequate mental health services in our country, and now with a global pandemic and increasing economic disparities, the situation is worsening.
The solution we’re offering the state is to bring the ancient wisdom and practices that have enabled communities to heal for centuries, together with modern science and harm reduction techniques.
William Leonard Pickard - Freed Prisoner of the War on Drugs Speaks at Entheofest 2021
Why Decriminalize Natue?
1) American Liberty and Personal Freedom
Human beings and American citizens have an unalienable natural right to use plants of their choice. Prosecution for possession of natural plants shall become the lowest law enforcement priority of the state of Michigan, and state funds may not be used for this purpose.
2) Personal and Spiritual Growth
These plants can catalyze profound experiences which prove to be of lasting benefit.
Johns Hopkins AchievementsGood Friday Experiment3) Safety
Except for a few specific contraindications psychedelic plant drugs are extraordinarily safe and non-addictive.
4) Assistance to end addictions.
Entheogenic plants have proven they can help people who wish to end a variety of the most tenacious addictions.
Psychedelics Treating Problematic Drug and Alcohol UsePsilocybin and Tobacco AddictionTherapeutic Psilocybin5) Better mental health
Plant medicines, when properly used, make a significant contribution to the maintenance of good mental health, and to the success of therapeutic interventions. Mental health problems like addiction, suicide, overdose, depression, and anxiety are currently present at high levels; plant medicines can be helpful.
6) Positive environmental benefit
Consciousness exploration using plants tends to restore a bond between people and the natural world. This impulse helped generate the modern environmental movement. The experience of connection with nature can create movement forward for adopting solutions to environmental disasters like global warming.
7) A strongly positive scientific & research base
Treatment for Anxiety from Autism and from Advanced CancerConclusive Research for Mental HealthPositive Changes in Attitude; Deep Personal Meaning8) We want equitable access to entheogenic plants
People must ultimately be allowed to cultivate their own plants and fungi.
9) We seek to include authentic indigenous people and plants, and animals in our resolution.
10) Safe and responsible practice.
We will work actively to encourage safe and responsible practice through the development and dissemination of educational materials.
Resources from Michigan Psychedelic SocietyDanceSafeWhy Now?
Members of the most vulnerable communities are not receiving adequate mental health services in our country, and now with a global pandemic and increasing economic disparities, the situation is worsening.
The solution we’re offering the state is to bring the ancient wisdom and practices that have enabled communities to heal for centuries, together with modern science and harm reduction techniques.
