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Magic Mushrooms Guide: Where Shrooms Are Legal and How To Take Psilocybin
By Andrew Whalen On 7/3/19 at 3:00 AM EDT
In May, Denver, Colorado passed a ballot measure decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms, more commonly known as magic mushrooms, or simply shrooms. Passed by a narrow majority, Denver residents voting on Ordinance 301 declared "the adult possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms" would become the city's lowest law enforcement priority, further prohibiting the city from spending resources on penalizing shroom use. The city council of Oakland, California passed a similar resolution less than a month after. Similar to cannabis, which has also been decriminalized or legalized in several states, psilocybin mushrooms continue to be illegal on the federal level, and are listed as a Schedule 1 narcotic.
But unlike cannabis—consumed by approximately half the population of the United States, with 22 million people reporting cannabis usage within the previous month—shrooms are consumed relatively rarely, with only about 0.1 percent of respondents reporting psychedelic (a category which includes mescaline, LSD, peyote and MDMA) use within the past year. In 2010, approximately 21 million Americans had tried magic mushrooms at least once in their lifetime.
Here's our guide to magic mushrooms, for those looking to experience what psilocybin mushshrooms have to offer.
What Are Magic Mushrooms?
Magic mushrooms is a generic term for anyone fungi containing psilocybin, a chemical compound which, when digested into psilocin, produce psychedelic experiences and an altered state of consciousness. Psilocybin mushrooms—often shortened to "shrooms"—commonly sold in the United States include Psilocybe semilanceata, found throughout North America and Europe,and Psilocybe cubensis, which were first scientifically described in Cuba and are native to much of South and Central America.
Psilocybin mushrooms have been used by human societies for thousands of years, and are featured in prehistoric art in both Europe and Mesoamerica. The use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in America was partially stamped out by Catholic missionaries during the Spanish conquest, but continued to be used in indigenous ceremonies in Mexico. In 1957, Life magazine published the account of two ethnomycologists, who participated in just such a ceremony (it was revealed in 2016 that their expedition was funded by the CIA's Project MKUltra). A year later, Albert Hoffman, the Swiss chemist who first synthesized LSD, isolated the psychedelic compound psilocybin. Magic mushroom was popularized through the 1960s by researchers and psychedelic gurus, including Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna and Robert Anton Wilson.
By Andrew Whalen On 7/3/19 at 3:00 AM EDT
In May, Denver, Colorado passed a ballot measure decriminalizing psilocybin mushrooms, more commonly known as magic mushrooms, or simply shrooms. Passed by a narrow majority, Denver residents voting on Ordinance 301 declared "the adult possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms" would become the city's lowest law enforcement priority, further prohibiting the city from spending resources on penalizing shroom use. The city council of Oakland, California passed a similar resolution less than a month after. Similar to cannabis, which has also been decriminalized or legalized in several states, psilocybin mushrooms continue to be illegal on the federal level, and are listed as a Schedule 1 narcotic.
But unlike cannabis—consumed by approximately half the population of the United States, with 22 million people reporting cannabis usage within the previous month—shrooms are consumed relatively rarely, with only about 0.1 percent of respondents reporting psychedelic (a category which includes mescaline, LSD, peyote and MDMA) use within the past year. In 2010, approximately 21 million Americans had tried magic mushrooms at least once in their lifetime.
Here's our guide to magic mushrooms, for those looking to experience what psilocybin mushshrooms have to offer.
What Are Magic Mushrooms?
Magic mushrooms is a generic term for anyone fungi containing psilocybin, a chemical compound which, when digested into psilocin, produce psychedelic experiences and an altered state of consciousness. Psilocybin mushrooms—often shortened to "shrooms"—commonly sold in the United States include Psilocybe semilanceata, found throughout North America and Europe,and Psilocybe cubensis, which were first scientifically described in Cuba and are native to much of South and Central America.
Psilocybin mushrooms have been used by human societies for thousands of years, and are featured in prehistoric art in both Europe and Mesoamerica. The use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in America was partially stamped out by Catholic missionaries during the Spanish conquest, but continued to be used in indigenous ceremonies in Mexico. In 1957, Life magazine published the account of two ethnomycologists, who participated in just such a ceremony (it was revealed in 2016 that their expedition was funded by the CIA's Project MKUltra). A year later, Albert Hoffman, the Swiss chemist who first synthesized LSD, isolated the psychedelic compound psilocybin. Magic mushroom was popularized through the 1960s by researchers and psychedelic gurus, including Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna and Robert Anton Wilson.
A Guide to Taking Psilocybin Mushrooms
Psilocybin mushrooms, often called magic mushrooms or shrooms, might soon be partially legal, or at least decriminalized, in several states. Here's how to trip safely.
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