A little over two years ago, Coloradans voted to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin — decriminalizing the possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms and authorizing the eventual rollout of supervised psychedelic mushroom use at licensed facilities.
Now, that rollout is here and at least three Northern Colorado towns are pumping the brakes.
Less than a week after the state of Colorado was authorized to start issuing licenses to "natural medicine" healing centers, cultivation, manufacturing and testing businesses on Jan. 1, Timnath’s Planning and Zoning commission unanimously voted in favor of a six-month moratorium on natural medicine facilities Tuesday evening.
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Its recommendation to temporarily bar the establishment of such facilities and give the town more time to prepare for the change will go to Timnath Town Council on Jan. 14, with it likely set for a final vote at the council’s Jan. 28 regular meeting, according to Town Attorney Carolyn Steffl.
If approved, town staff would take six months to address the permitted uses and zoning of such facilities before coming back to the commission — and eventually council — with a proposed amendment to Timnath’s land use code, Steffl said Tuesday.
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The move is similar to those recently made in Berthoud and Windsor, which both supported six-month moratoriums on natural medicine centers late last year. Berthoud’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to adopt its moratorium ordinance Nov. 12, and Windsor Town Board members unanimously voted in support of theirs on first reading Dec. 9.
AdvertisementThe Natural Medicine Health Act, which Colorado voters approved in November 2022, decriminalized certain psychedelics, including psilocybin mushrooms, making them legal to cultivate and possess in personal quantities.It also created an on-ramp for adults 21 years old and older to legally purchase and consume psilocybin products under supervision at licensed healing centers.As outlined in the act, Colorado started accepting license applications for such centers at the end of 2024. Since Dec. 31, the state had received 14 license applications, including two applications for healing centers, two for cultivation facilities, and 10 for owner and handler […]
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