(Photo courtesy of psychedelic times.com)

The Oakland City Council will soon make a decision about whether it wants to decriminalize the possession and use of certain plants that have psychoactive properties.

The proposal to direct Oakland police to regard the adult use of so-called entheogenic plants and fungi as being among the department’s lowest priorities cleared a key hurdle May 28 when the city’s public safety committee voted to send it to the full council for consideration.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.