After listening to a Joe Rogan podcast that featured mycologist Paul Stamets, she learned that psilocybin could be used as anti-depressant to treat mental health.

[6] She eventually went on to try ayahuasca in 2019 which she says, “it was like I was I turned out to be not only back to myself, but almost like a better version of myself.”[6] After learning about the effort to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in Denver, Lavasani reached out the campaign's organizer, who put her in touch with Adam Eidinger, who had spearheaded Initiative 71 in 2014.

[8] Due the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council of the District of Columbia changed the way political campaigns were allowed to collect signatures to achieve ballot access.

[12] The initiative was opposed by Maryland Congressman Andy Harris, who vowed to force a House Appropriations Committee vote to take it off the ballot.

[4] The measure makes the enforcement of drug laws against psilocybin mushrooms and psychedelic plants like cacti, iboga, and naturally occurring DMT, found in preparations like ayahuasca, to be among the Metropolitan Police Department's lowest priorities.