“What are the moms at school going to say about this?” I thought last December, as I prepared to submit paperwork in support of Decriminalize Nature DC, a ballot initiative that would decriminalize natural psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca in Washington, DC. Those moms knew me as the Budget Officer for DC’s Department of Energy &
Author: Melissa Lavasani
Melissa is currently the Chairwoman of the Campaign to Decriminalize Nature DC, to support passage of Initiative 81, “The Plant and Fungus policy Act of 2020.” Born to Iranian immigrants in Washington DC, Melissa currently lives in Ward 6 with her husband and two children and is a DC government employee.