Decriminalize & Decentralize 🍄🌺☮️

[IMPACT]

1. Adults should be free to responsibly use Psychedelics without fear of law enforcement. However, Decriminalization dialogue is unwelcome 💗
2. I can incentivize valuable Psychedelic Decriminalization dialogue locally using this Catalyst proposal's budget to put on a Discussion event with City Council with 3 Discussions over 3 months where all proceeds go to a local Seal Beach mental health business or charity of the City Council's choice (inspired by the MAPS Global Psychedelic Dinners). Potentially the Discussion can be over dinner? But doubtful.
3. After mentioning how I funded these Psychedelic Decriminalization discussions through Project Catalyst, I can potentially gain the City's trust (after paying the mental health business or charity 3 times) to create CNFT "memes" from these City Council Meetings as We discuss Psychedelic Decriminalization. The CNFT "memechanism" can serve as an example to be Decentralized to other locales, for there, local issues, cultures, and currencies. These "memes" can be sold with all proceeds going to a local Seal Beach mental health business or charity of the City Council's choice. The CNFT "memes" can also provide royalties to that local Seal Beach mental health business or charity which introduces the concept of royalties to a politician. These "memes" can serve as a means of introduction to onboarding the City Council to Cardano or cryptocurrency in general.
4. By first implementing this incentivized valuable dialogue and CNFT "memechanism" stack through Cardano's Project Catalyst community, the blockchain/local city governance relationship is put to a real world innovation test in mediation for mutual benefit. Personally, I have not heard of something like this before, but the real world integration with pre-existing governance matches Cardano's Atala Prism based ID in Ethiopia and MOUs with South Korea and Georgia.
5. If funded, this proposal provides me with the discussion time locally and the community support non-locally to further the goal of locally deduced Psychedelic Decriminalization & CNFT "memechanism" induced Decentralization.
6. If funded, I am verifiably showing that the Project Catalyst innovation fund rewards the courage needed for innovation. “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality” (C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters).
7. The highest Art is Courage. Psychedelics inspire Art. Money is only as Good as the Art it makes.
8. What Art best represents the Cardano Community?

1. This proposal could not be made in any other challenge except Miscellaneous.
2. Simultaneously, Psychedelics provide the most useful experiences to form a community and the most useless experiences to communicate with a community that criminalizes Psychedelic experience. Which community are We?
3. The Miscellaneous Challenge is a challenge asking for new ideas within what is already an innovation fund, so at the least, this is a new idea I believe.
4. My budget will just be the $500,000 / ~ # of proposals. This is more in line with how I believe a Miscellaneous Challenge should give funds, for many Miscellaneous proposals will fail if the proposals are truly Miscellaneous new ideas that do not fit into another category. But maybe one Miscellaneous proposal will end up paying for all the rest.
5. This proposal lays the conceptual framework of the incentivized valuable dialogue and CNFT "memechanism" stack that can be iterated upon through Project Catalyst for any discussion.
6. This proposal has already led to more interaction and openness in the Project Catalyst community surrounding Psychedelics, hopefully pushing others to say to themselves, "Well if he's being that Miscellaneous, maybe I should push the ideas I'm passionate about a little further!" This may inspire more people inside and outside of Project Catalyst to contribute.
7. Cardano's Project Catalyst is a technical community, so collaboration with my proposal can give individuals the chance to support technically without voicing their opinions directly.

1. The main challenge is overcoming the historically recent cultural indoctrination of the individuals that lack the directly felt, immediate experience of Psychedelics. The War on Drugs has created a blanket "drug bad" emotional sentiment that ignores Psychedelic Science.
2. If my topic of Psychedelic Decriminalization is not "agendized" by a Council member, there is no way to obligate City Council to discuss a topic. I can incentivize dialogue about Psychedelic Decriminalization with this proposal's budget and use the CNFT "memechanism" that profits the local mental health business or charity. However, explaining this proposal to Project Catalyst is difficult, let alone onboarding City Council. (Worth the try though...) If City Council does not want to discuss within 3 months, I donate the Catalyst fund money to a psychedelic mental health charity.
3. The NFTs can be made with no code, but the city may want something special that requires a programmer. This budget is slim after paying for the charity benefit discussions, so that may need to wait until a further funding round.
4. The delivery of this project depends on my ability to speak the Truth with My City Council.
5. This project also relies on the market to act in accordance with mimetic value.
6. This project also relies on the Seal Beach City Council's intention and attention.
7. A CA assessment score can be given by someone without a single ADA.

[FEASIBILITY]

February/March 2022: I have presented my intention to discuss Psychedelic Decriminalization at two Seal Beach City Council Meetings in a public comment.

2/28/22 Proof @21:06

3/14/22 Proof @14:58

April 2022: Seal Beach City Council Meeting Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 1

1. Make first contribution ($1000) to mental health business/charity of City Council's choice.
2. Present the foundation of the Psychedelic Decriminalization view, but focus on City Council's concerns, especially because they most likely have chosen not to have Psychedelic experiences. Be receptive after presentation of the foundation.
3. Research areas I need to for next time.

May 2022: Seal Beach City Council Meeting Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 2

1. Make second contribution ($1000) to mental health business/charity of City Council's choice.
2. Let Council members begin with their thoughts.
3. Make sure that Council members understand that Psychedelic Decriminalization is not an if anymore, but a when, and a how. Emphasize that by discussing the topic the way we are, we are bringing the necessary respect to the Psychedelic experience that can foster a safe community in the future.
4. Research areas I need to for next time.

June 2022: Seal Beach City Council Meeting Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 3

1. Make third contribution ($1000) to mental health business/charity of City Council's choice.
2. Ask City Council if they think Our Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion has improved or worsened the Council members' mental health. What about the Seal Beach community's mental health? What about my mental health?
3. Write out a thorough terms and conditions for Psychedelic Decriminalization in Seal Beach for City Council that has the best chance of passing (based on the Discussion.) Ask for a vote or a date when a vote can take place.
4. Ask to go through the recorded Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussions with City Council at another date or independently to decide which CNFT "memes" to make ($703) and sell from our Discussions. No code CNFT Builders include Tokhun, NFT Maker, EasyCNFT, and NFT Machine.
5. Research areas I need to for next time.

In each of these 3 discussions, I will point to nearby Santa Cruz, Oakland, and Oregon's success at decriminalization.

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/50057/download

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/50056/download

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/50055/download

I will show the budgetary effects of ending drug prohibition.

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/49848/download

In addition, I will point to studies that show Entheogens may provide PTSD relief, end of life anxiety relief, and mystical experiences.

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/49853/download

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/49852/download

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/49851/download

https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/idea/396926/49850/download

I will have to adapt to what the City Council feels, but all the above research serves as a starting point for my Psychedelic Decriminalization view to be expanded upon with further context from City Council.

Forevermind, 500,000 / 102 = $4901.96 😂 ---> 500,000 / ~ 135 = $3703

1. $0 to write this proposal right now.
2. $0 to leave a public comment every 2 weeks about agendizing a Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion at City Council meeting
3. $1000 donation to mental health business or charity to provide Seal Beach City Council Meeting Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 1
4. $1000 donation to mental health business or charity to provide Seal Beach City Council Meeting Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 2
5. $1000 donation to mental health business or charity to provide Seal Beach City Council Meeting Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 3
6. $703 to make CNFTs from previous 3 Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussions
7. $? from selling CNFTs to Decentralize
8. $0 A Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion is a mental health practice in itself.

$1000 Discussion 1 + $1000 Discussion 2 + $1000 Discussion 3 + $703 to make CNFTs= $3703 Total

Go it alone. Decentralization is localization.

[AUDITABILITY]

April:

Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 1 milestone. Measured by video on Seal Beach City Council's Youtube channel. Share with Project Catalyst members.

Did Seal Beach City Council select a mental health business or charity? Did I donate the money?

Youtube video of Discussion 1: # of views?

Is there more local engagement? More awareness of what I am doing?

May:

Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 2 milestone. Measured by video on Seal Beach City Council's Youtube channel. Share with Project Catalyst members.

Did I explain that I am able to do this because of a proposal in Cardano's Project Catalyst?

Youtube video of Discussion 2: # of views?

More people on livestream of City Council meetings?

Does Discussion of Psychedelic Decriminalization feel like a mental health practice in itself?

June:

Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion 3 milestone. Measured by video on Seal Beach City Council's Youtube channel. Share with Project Catalyst members.

Youtube video of Discussion 3: # of views?

Have I "lightly" onboarded City Council by having a Psychedelic Decriminalization Discussion that was enjoyable and funded by Cardano's Project Catalyst?

Have I "heavily" onboarded City Council by participating in choosing CNFTs to be made in order to determine mimetic value of the Discussion?

How decentralized are the CNFTs? How much have the CNFTs sold for?

Have Psychedelics been Decriminalized in Seal Beach by the end of June?

If not, how many votes are for or against?

I will submit to Fund9 and update this proposal as I go. I am using Ideascale as my primary self-reporting medium.

Psychedelic Decriminalization in my local city and Decentralization of the process to the World. ☮️

https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/350798

https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/351318

All is a Continuation.

SDG Rating

SDG goals:

Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

SDG subgoals:

16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere

Key Performance Indicator (KPI):

16.1.4 Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live

16.1.3 Proportion of population subjected to (a) physical violence, (b) psychological violence and (c) sexual violence in the previous 12 months

16.1.2 Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population, by sex, age and cause

16.1.1 Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age

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Hi all, I’m still learning about the more technical aspects of Cardano, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt but that salt can also be the Catalyst: Girolamo Cardano’s contribution to hypocycloids (as seen in the Cardano logo) are essential for the first high-speed printing presses which contribute to the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution. Blockchain technology is often compared to the printing press, in its ability to decentralize information, but crucially, it is also printing onto one continuous piece of paper a la Ouroboros. This symbol is known worldwide as the eternal cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, and in this context, Ouroboros is a symbol for all social hierarchies. Cardano’s Ouroboros symbolizes this hierarchy with 432,000 slots, in a possible reference not only to the Great Pyramid of Giza which measures at its base ~1/432,000 of the equatorial circumference of the Earth and at its height ~1/432,000 of the polar radius of Earth, but also the radius of the Sun at ~432,000 miles. This Sun reference leads me to Mary Shelley’s sci-fi novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, in which Dr. Frankenstein creates the Creature through Galvanism (electrical current). Prometheus, in versions of Greek mythology, is the Titan who creates humans in the image of the gods so that they can have a spirit breathed into them at the behest of Zeus (God of lightning). Zeus keeps fire from mankind, so Prometheus leads a “revolution”against Zeus’s social hierarchy, taking back the fire (technology) from Zeus to give to man and in doing so creates a new human civilization. So, if you followed that, the implications of Cardano’s logosphere point to a systematic ability to revolutionize all social hierarchies. Hoping to start from first principles so we can all get on the same page! I believe that Project Catalyst's Ideascale process will be recorded onto the Cardano blockchain, so feel free to leave a comment.