Mike Williams
Co-Director, Decriminalize Nature Michigan
Led Detroit's successful 2021 Proposal E ballot measure — Michigan's most consequential psychedelic reform.
Biography
Mike Williams co-directs Decriminalize Nature Michigan and led Detroit's successful 2021 Proposal E — a ballot measure that decriminalized entheogenic plants including psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca. The Detroit decriminalization made the city the largest U.S. jurisdiction east of the Rockies to pass entheogenic plant decriminalization, joining Ann Arbor, Hazel Park, Ferndale, and Ypsilanti as Michigan cities with decriminalization in place.
Organizations
Why They Matter to the LearnShrooms Community
Detroit's Proposal E proved that entheogenic decriminalization could pass by ballot in a major Midwestern city — not just in West Coast cultural capitals. Williams' organizational work was the operational engine behind that proof.
Legal Context
For the legal landscape where Mike Williams operates, see psilocybin laws in Michigan.