Kyle Jaeger, writing for Marijuana Moment:
Cambridge, Massachusetts has become the latest city to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelics following a City Council vote on Wednesday. But lawmakers also used the opportunity to push for broader reforms that go beyond the entheogen-focused measures approved in other municipalities across the country, calling on police to stop arresting people for possessing or using any illicit drugs.
Local legislators approved the resolution 8-1, making Cambridge the second city in Massachusetts to adopt the psychedelics and drug policy change. The Somerville City Council advanced a similar decriminalization measure last month.
Massachusetts is on a roll now. It makes me wonder which city will be next in the state to decriminalize psychedelics? Surely there must be more that are actively working on initiatives like this one and the bill that passed in Somerville last month. And Cambridge has gone one step further here by encouraging police to stop arresting folks for the possession or use of any illegal drugs, which is an awesome addition to an already-progressive resolution.