[andai]

This includes heroin, does anyone know if it also covers psilocybin?

Edit:

It reduces misdemeanor drug possession to a non-criminal violation on par with a traffic offense. People with small amounts of drugs including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, LSD, psilocybin, methadone and oxycodone will get a ticket and face a $100 fine or have the option of being screened for a substance abuse disorder.

Makes it sound like they'll send people to rehab for psychedelics, which is pretty funny.

[pc86]

Honestly I think it's great. If you're doing heroin or meth, you definitely don't have $100 lying around for a fine, and not paying it would just land you in jail anyway. This gives people who don't have or want to pay the fine a way to stay legal without doing so, and also gives someone a chance to talk to them and potentially help.

This seems really well thought out, however with sale still being as illegal as it was, I'm not sure crime/danger on that side of the transaction will decrease at all.

[piva00]

Crime and danger from the drug trade will always be lurking around. Even with legal cannabis there is a black market around, diminished but not gone.

This law seems to be more for harm reduction, for people to seek help without fear of prosecution, to enable others to call for an ambulance in case of something bad happens without fear of being arrested because they were shooting heroin.

[Nbox9]

I read that sentence as saying “If you could afford the drugs but not the $100 fine then you probably have a substance abuse disorder and we will force you to get treatment.”

[Lambdanaut]

The law states that all I, II, III, and IV class drugs will be decriminalized, however certain listed drugs will only be decriminalized when found with quantities below a threshhold.