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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colorado Springs – 10 December 2024
1. Various of the exterior of City Hall
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dante Liberato, psychedelic mushroom advocate:
“Four years ago, I was sitting in a Costco parking lot just up the road, staring at a gun, ready to end my life. I was lost, consumed by pain and convinced there was no way forward. In that moment of despair, I remembered a gift from a friend: psilocybin mushrooms that had been sitting in my closet for over a year. I made the decision to try one last thing before giving up entirely.”
3. Various of the City Council chambers
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriel Venema, psychedelic mushroom advocate:
“I am not too proud to beg you to make this treatment accessible. Growing up mentally ill, I made friends with similar struggles. And as a result, I’ve lost eight people that I loved to suicide. People I loved would still be alive today if they had access to the treatment that I was able to receive.”
5. Veteran Lane Belone listening to testimony during the city council meeting
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lane Belone, veteran, psychedelic mushroom advocate:
“My friend, you know, killed himself. And, you know, I’ve always thought, you know, we could have done more. I could have gave him a call. I could have, you know, whatever. And him and I were in the Special Forces teams together. So I say all that to say that we have an opportunity to support veterans. It’s a really easy one to say yes to.”
7. Various of people listening to testimony during the city council meeting
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Denver – 21 June 2023
8. Various of a psychedelics conference
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Colorado Springs, Colorado – 10 December 2024
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lane Belone, veteran, psychedelic mushroom advocate:
“So Colorado voted to legalize psilocybin healing centers, and the entire state has a 1,000-foot restriction from schools and other places like that. This city has extended that out to an entire mile. And because of that, it’s, in essence, restricted it, you know, significantly. And specifically because this is a military town, there’s so many of our veterans that could use this type of treatment.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denver – 21 June 2023
10. Various of growing material and psychedelic mushrooms at a psychedelics conference
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colorado Springs, Colorado – 23 November 2022
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11. Aerial of downtown Colorado Springs with Rocky Mountains in background
12. Vehicles passing through downtown
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Colorado Springs, Colorado – 22 November 2022
13. Vehicles passing by a downtown statue
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Colorado Springs, Colorado – 10 December 2024
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott DeWalt, psychedelic mushroom advocate:
“Colorado Springs is definitely a conservative city, and we have a large veteran population. So you heard from some of the counselors today, they’re, they’re, they’re at odds with it as well because on one side there’s this conservative-leaning sort of anti-drug stance. And then on the other hand, we have all of these veterans who live here who are suffering and who need care.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colorado Springs, Colorado – 23 November 2022
15. Airplane on display at U.S. Air Force Academy
STORYLINE:
Colorado becomes the second state to allow psychedelic therapy this week after two years of rulemaking.
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