A ballot measure that would make Denver the first city in the nation to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms is lagging in early results.
Initiative 301 is behind 54.57 percent, or 51,285 votes, to 45.43 percent, or 42,703 votes.
Even if the measure passes, it remains illegal to buy, sell or possess psilocybin mushrooms. Possession of psychedelics is a felony and can carry a punishment of up to a year in prison and a fine.
However, the initiative, if approved, would decriminalize the drug in Denver by telling police that enforcing laws against the possession of “magic mushrooms” should be their lowest priority.