Decriminalize Nature Seattle (DNS)
Drove Seattle Resolution 32021 (October 2021); evolved into PMAW for statewide work.
Type: Decriminalization Org
Location: Seattle, WA
Membership: Open advocacy organization
Venues: Seattle
Activities: Local advocacy. Facilitated Seattle City Council Resolution 32021 (October 4, 2021) — deprioritized enforcement for psilocybin, ayahuasca, and ibogaine. Evolved into PMAW in 2021 for statewide reach.
About
Decriminalize Nature Seattle (DNS) facilitated Seattle City Council Resolution 32021 (October 4, 2021), which deprioritized enforcement for psilocybin, ayahuasca, and ibogaine in Seattle. DNS evolved into the Psychedelic Medicine Alliance of Washington (PMAW) in 2021 to drive statewide legislative change rather than only city-level work. Executive Committee member Kody Zalewski and co-leader Tatiana Luz Quintana now co-direct PMAW.
Why It Matters
Seattle's October 2021 resolution made it one of the larger U.S. cities to deprioritize entheogenic plant enforcement. The DNS-to-PMAW evolution is also a useful model for how municipal decriminalization orgs can scale to state legislative work.
Key People
State Legal Context
See current psilocybin laws in Washington.