Mushroom edibles are making people sick. Scientists still don't know why

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9 points·mooreds··7 comments

We do know why! (Terrible headline...)

These weren't psilocin/psilocybin edibles made from natural psychedelic mushrooms. These chocolates contained synthetic tryptamines[0] (related chemicals to psilocin/psilocybin) such as 4-AcO-DMT, with poor quality control of doses/concentrations.

This is a direct result of patchwork prohibition laws. If psilocin/psilocybin were legal nationwide and well-regulated, it could be provided in a variety of forms with high purity, real quality control guarantees, and accessible independent third-party testing.

0: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/illegal-drug-found-i...

Regulation is part of the problem. I haven’t seen any evidence that 4-aco-dmt is any more dangerous than psilocybin, so regulating either drug would work just as effective IMO.

We need to legalize so the science is even relevant to the supply chain to increase the quality and protect people from this fuckery.

Um- obviously the untested and unregulated synthetic hallucinogens are making people sick. Pretty sure this isn’t a “don’t know” situation.

It is funny because actual mushrooms would be fine. People have been taking psilocybin for thousands of years. If you don’t overdose on them they’re safe.

I thought psychedelics were illegal, this is news to me.

Psychedelics are not illegal in the U.S., and never were.

Psilocybin is illegal in the U.S., but the psychoactive drugs FTA were not psilocybin.

I’m so sorry for being wrong. Thank you daddy for punishing me for being a bad boy and voting me down.

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