Mushrooms: The Good, the Bad, and the Psychedelic

[C C]

http://calorielab.com/news/2015/08/06/mu...ychedelic/

EXCERPT: [...] Eating wild mushrooms can be very risky because poisonous and edible mushrooms can be very similar in appearance. The result of a mistake can range from a simple case of indigestion to acute liver failure and death. [...] During my formative years in North Central Florida, I had heard stories about the magic psychedelic mushrooms that grew wild here. One of my friends was a pharmacist, and knowing that drugs were his life, I figured he would be good at identifying them, so I approached him about going on a shroom hunt. [...] like Cheech and Chong our best laid plans went up in smoke. Not to be dissuaded [...] however, we managed to find a more secure field [...] where we thought we were successful in our search. But I lost my nerve and never tried them. But for those of you who want to give (non-psychedelic) mushroom foraging a try, the Missouri Department of Conservation recommends the following....

[Magical Realist]

http://calorielab.com/news/2015/08/06/mu...ychedelic/

EXCERPT: [...] Eating wild mushrooms can be very risky because poisonous and edible mushrooms can be very similar in appearance. The result of a mistake can range from a simple case of indigestion to acute liver failure and death. [...] During my formative years in North Central Florida, I had heard stories about the magic psychedelic mushrooms that grew wild here. One of my friends was a pharmacist, and knowing that drugs were his life, I figured he would be good at identifying them, so I approached him about going on a shroom hunt. [...] like Cheech and Chong our best laid plans went up in smoke. Not to be dissuaded [...] however, we managed to find a more secure field  [...] where we thought we were successful in our search. But I lost my nerve and never tried them. But for those of you who want to give (non-psychedelic) mushroom foraging a try, the Missouri Department of Conservation recommends the following....

"In 2006, the United States government funded a randomized and double-blinded study by Johns Hopkins University which studied the spiritual effects of the active compound psilocybin.[27] The study involved 36 college-educated adults (average age of 46) who had never tried psilocybin nor had a history of drug use, and who had religious or spiritual interests. The participants were closely observed for eight-hour intervals in a laboratory while under the influence of psilocybin.[28]

One-third of the participants reported the experience was the single most spiritually significant moment of their lives, and more than two-thirds reported it was among the top five most spiritually significant experiences. Two months after the study, 79% of the participants reported increased well-being or satisfaction; friends, relatives, and associates confirmed this. They also reported anxiety and depression symptoms to be decreased or completely gone. Fourteen months after the study, 64% of participants said they still experienced an increase in well-being or life satisfaction.

Despite highly controlled conditions to minimize adverse effects, 22% of subjects (8 of 36) had notable experiences of fear or paranoia. All subjects had never taken a hallucinogenic trip before. The authors, however, reported that all these instances were "readily managed with reassurance."======https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin_mushroom

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