DC Woman Who Led Initiative 81 Effort Used Magic Mushrooms for Post-Partum Depression

She started the campaign for Initiative 81 to loosen restrictions. The initiative calls for police to treat the use of psychedelic plants as one of “their lowest enforcement priorities.” Using or selling the plants would still technically be a crime.

The initiative appears likely to pass, with 76 percent of voters saying yes.

“It makes me really proud that D.C. voters heard our message and they know what this is about and they’re very supportive of this,” Lavasani said.

Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser said she would vote against it. On Wednesday she said she accepts the outcome. “We’ll look closely at the initiative and what that means,” she said. “I don’t know that we have much enforcement around it anyway, so it may mean very little.”

The D.C. Council has the option to overturn the initiative. If it passes, it goes to Congress for review.