Emerging Psychedelic Mushroom Alternative More Toxic Than Fentanyl, New Research Suggests
Emerging Psychedelic Mushroom Alternative More Toxic Than Fentanyl, New Research Suggests
This is such a misleading title.
"Calcium alternative ’cyanide’ highly toxic!"
"Housecat alternative 'Siberian tiger' highly dangerous!"
I'm fairly certain that any psilocybin containing mushroom isn't poisonous. I could be very wrong, don't take chances on some randos parroted fact.
Maybe don't share random unverified information in the first place for the sake of community safety and responsibility.
No studied psilocybe species contains any dangerous amount of secondary toxins so far, but there are dozens of species that haven't been tested thoroughly or specifically for secondary toxins, and we're discovering new psilocybe species all the time, so sticking with the species we do know only contain psilocybin and psilocin is a lot safer then assuming anything about such a vast and growing group of fungi, especially when misidentification is so simple.
Government: this thing you want is illegal
Media: new thing being used because old thing is illegal turns out to be way more dangerous
Government: this new thing is illegal
Media: new new thing being used because old new thing is illegal turns out to be way, way more dangerous
Government: surprised Pikachu face
This is stupid. So immensely stupid. Fly agaric is not something you should ever consume.
I need this
It absolutely is toxic. The groups that are experimenting with it are taking very small doses. It basically contains a neurotoxin that'll drop you into a coma fairly quick if you aren't careful.
The Amanita genus contains some of the worlds most deadly mushrooms, like Amanita phalloides: The Death Cap mushroom.
I don't want to discount medical uses for Amanita muscaria, in the slightest. People in Siberia have been using it for decades after all. There are even plenty of edibles you can get that contain it. However, the dosage needs to be heavily controlled.
I have always been surprised by the amazing human ability to find more and more new methods of killing themselves with the excuse of connecting with the cosmos.
I guess making people avoid fighting their own reality it's a big business.
Business is business..
I assume you don't have a lot of experience with psychedelics, based on the fact that you believe these substances help you avoiding reality. Part of the recently re-discovered, therapeutical properties of psychedelics are due to the fact that they make you face your realities (and their general effect on the default mode network, of course).
Also, A. muscaria has been used for thousands of years, e. g. very likely as part of the Vedic Soma, or as ingredient in Haoma in Iran. The use of the mushroom has also been documented in Siberia, where, if your beliefs align with Alice Beck Kehoe, the only "real" shamans are located.
This is not a new development.
That being said, the effects of A. muscaria are probably not what people would think of when they think about psychedelics. As such, I don't believe the majority of users would believe they are "connecting with the cosmos" in the first place.
Edit: Marketing the product as psychedelic alternative under the guise of allowing consumers to "connect with the cosmos" is a completely different (and despicable) beast, sure.
The title