What cannabis legalization taught me about psychedelics

What cannabis legalization taught me about psychedelics

In 2016, cannabis legalization still felt uncertain. Each ballot initiative carried real political weight. Each governor’s signature felt like it could shift the direction of the conversation. Around that time, after more than a decade working in government, I began paying closer attention to how reform was actually unfolding across the country.  From the outside, it often looked like momentum. In reality, it felt more like a long process of fig…