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Colorado Sober: Alcohol Out, Cannabis In
Everything in moderation. Including moderation.
That's the idea behind the Colorado sober movement, an unofficial yet growing trend away from alcohol, and toward plant-based and psychedelic drugs.
But how can one be considered sober while, for example, smoking pot and taking LSD.
Because "Colorado sober" — a spin-off of the similar term "California sober" — isn't about abstaining from all substances, but rather the ones that are known to have lasting effects on your body and brain, advocates say. That includes drugs such as cocaine and opioids, but also alcohol, which has waned in recent years as the standard social lubricant for young people.
"Weed and mushrooms have a lot less next-day negative effects than alcohol," said Marissa Poppens, a Denver resident who considers herself Colorado sober. "I'm new to the term but I think people are starting to realize what it means on their own. It's a version of 'natural high.' "
Poppens regularly uses cannabis and microdoses psilocybin — the active psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms — not only for recreation, but also to help treat chronic pain and symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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