MI-AG: Top donor to attorney general hopeful Eli Savit peddles magic mushrooms

Lansing — An activist with a business in Ann Arbor that offers magic mushrooms to customers and is seeking to decriminalize the hallucinogenic fungi across Michigan has been the top individual political donor to Democrat Eli Savit's campaign to be Michigan's attorney general.

Five years ago, Savit, who's currently the Washtenaw County prosecutor, announced he would not pursue criminal cases involving the possession or growth of naturally occurring psychedelics, like so-called magic mushrooms. At the time, Savit posted on social media that his office was "firmly committed to ending the war on drugs."

Two years later, Christopher Kurtz of Ann Arbor filed paperwork with the state to form a Michigan company called MF Shrooms. According to its website and local media reports, the business is located inside a vintage clothing store in Ann Arbor and advertises mushroom products like Smokey the Ghost, which "gives a euphoric body buzz" and Blucifer, which brings "colorful dreamy visuals."

Kurtz has given $8,325 — the maximum an individual can donate to a candidate in Michigan — directly to Savit's campaign to be the state's top law enforcement officer and $5,200 to Pursuit of Justice, a political action committee tied to Savit, according to financial disclosures. Pursuit of Justice has moved much of its money to Savit's campaign.




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