U.S. Olympic Icon Arrested On Drug Charges

LOADINGERROR LOADINGBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller has pleaded not guilty to a pair of misdemeanor drug charges after he was arrested on a charge of possessing psilocybin mushrooms.Miller was arrested June 6 in eastern Idaho, according to court records, and pleaded not guilty to possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia the following week.Advertisement Miller said in a post on Instagram that he was pulled over after accelerating to pass a vehicle on the highway.His friend had a small amount of cannabis and a cannabis pipe, which Miller said he didn’t know about.“We fully cooperated with the officer,” he said.

“I am hopeful the misdemeanor charges will be dropped once the facts are reviewed.”Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller has pleaded not guilty to a pair of misdemeanor drug charges after he was arrested on a charge of possessing psilocybin mushrooms.Matthew Stockman via Getty ImagesAdvertisement The court documents don’t include any details about the circumstances surrounding Miller’s arrest.But in a probable cause statement, Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Hurt wrote that he found Miller with a white dispensary bag containing 4.1 grams of the psychedelic mushrooms.Idaho has some of the strictest drug laws in the nation.But Colorado and Oregon have both legalized the use of psilocybin for therapeutic treatments, and the substance has become increasingly popular with some health advocates who believe that microdosing it or using it in therapeutic settings can help ease anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.In April, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration and other federal agencies to speed up research and loosen restrictions on psychedelics, and in response the FDA said it would offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being developed to treat mental health conditions.Adver...