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Massachusetts ballot question 4 would legalize certain types of psychedelic mushrooms, allow adults to grow them at home and share with others, and set up a framework for facilities where people can use the mushrooms. Retail sales would not be permitted. A YES vote would make these changes and a NO vote would keep the law as it is now -- psychedelics are not legal for use in Massachusetts.
Emily Oneschuk, grassroots campaign director for Massachusetts for Mental Health Options, representing YES; and Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, professor of psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center and clinical lecturer at Harvard Medical School, representing NO joined Boston Public Radio to debate the question.
Learn more: wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-10-02/question-4-both-sides-explain-the-option-to-legalize-psychedelics-in-massachusetts
00:00 - 4:55 Intro and opening statements
4:55 - 8:30 Home growth and decriminalization
8:30 - 11:00 Treatment facilities
11:00 - 15:12 Mental health and safety
15:12 - 19:20 Impacts of psychedelics
19:20 - 25:42 Compromise and closing statements
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Massachusetts ballot question 4 would legalize certain types of psychedelic mushrooms, allow adults to grow them at home and share with others, and set up a framework for facilities where people can use the mushrooms. Retail sales would not be permitted. A YES vote would make these changes and a NO vote would keep the law as it is now -- psychedelics are not legal for use in Massachusetts.
Emily Oneschuk, grassroots campaign director for Massachusetts for Mental Health Options, representing YES; and Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, professor of psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center and clinical lecturer at Harvard Medical School, representing NO joined Boston Public Radio to debate the question.
Learn more: wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-10-02/question-4-both-sides-explain-the-option-to-legalize-psychedelics-in-massachusetts
00:00 - 4:55 Intro and opening statements
4:55 - 8:30 Home growth and decriminalization
8:30 - 11:00 Treatment facilities
11:00 - 15:12 Mental health and safety
15:12 - 19:20 Impacts of psychedelics
19:20 - 25:42 Compromise and closing statements
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