Any bid to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in Massachusetts — as some are trying to do in Denver — would be too much too soon, a leading Bay State pot advocate said today.

“We’re still struggling to make legal cannabis normalized here,” said Jim Borghesani, a pro-pot advocate who is now a spokesman for cannabis company Omnicann. “It’s going to take a while. It’s just not time yet to talk about mushrooms.

“I don’t think the populace is ready for it,” Borghesani told the Herald. “I’m not even sure if there’s large usage of psychedelic mushrooms in Massachusetts.”

The Denver Post reported Monday activists there hope to make Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms. The advocates planned to turn in ballot petitions Monday, the paper reported.

Late Monday, advocates in Denver said they had collected enough signatures to move the mushroom measure forward.

Supporters of decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms, the paper writes, point to studies of their safety and say they can reduce stress and opioid use, among other arguments.

In Oregon, a similar mushroom measure is being planned for 2020.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s camp said, when asked about the mushroom movement: “The administration is focused on working with the Cannabis Control Commission, DPH and state and local law enforcement to implement current marijuana laws as safely and effectively as possible.”

Some studies, including one published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, cite a correlation between the use of psilocybins with the decreased risk of opioid abuse.

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, used in the mushroom report, states an estimated 1.4 million people aged 12 or older were current users of hallucinogens. That included LSD, PCP, peyote, mescaline and psilocybin mushrooms. Ecstasy, (or “Molly”), ketamine and a few other drugs were included in that data.

Hallucinogens can increase blood pressure, cause panic and paranoia, nausea, speech problems and long-term memory loss, depression and suicidal thoughts and worse, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.