Pardons for Psychedelic Possession Convictions Could Come to Colorado

Back in 2022, Colorado voters approved Proposition 122, which decriminalized certain psychedelics, including psilocybin or what is commonly known as magic mushrooms.

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Upon approving the measure, Coloradans who had previously been given harsh sentences for possessing the psychedelic, including the status of being a felon or even worse, time behind bars, naturally began to wonder if the legalization of mushrooms might affect their criminal records.

Luckily, a new bill that was recently signed into law may see a change that so many of these offenders have been waiting for.

Pardons for Crimes Involving Psychedelics May Be Granted Soon

On Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed numerous bills focused on cannabis and psychedelics into law, one of which authorizes the governor to pardon residents who were previously convicted of crimes involving psychedelic drugs like psilocybin mushrooms.

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Senate Bill 25-297 outlines several changes to the ways that psychedelics are handled in the state of Colorado since Proposition 122 was passed, including the way that licensing is handled for healing centers and how these products are labeled, but the most significant seems to be the fact that those who have been charged with low-level crimes involving magic mushrooms are now eligible for pardons by the governor.

In fact, one of the main points outlined in the newly signed bill states the following:

The bill permits the governor to grant pardons to a class of defendants who were convicted of the possession of natural medicine.

Take a look at the full outline of the newly signed bill here.