Some Magic Mushroom Edibles Have Zero Psilocybin—Just Junk That Still Gets You High

If you take an edible “Magic Mushroom” on a narcotic journey, it may be a surprise. There is a great opportunity because what I ate had no cellosepine – the chemical complex that gives fungi its “magic”.

In a paper published on September 11 at Jama Network Open, the researchers reported that an analysis of 12 magical mushrooms and chocolate that was sold in Portland did not find any trace of Psilocybin. Instead, foods contained undeclared ingredients, including caffeine, hemp extract, and synthetic anesthesia that were not subject to organizational test.

“We have not found any evidence that mushroom vehicles of any kind of any kind,” Richard Van Bremin, co -author of the study and drug science expert at Oregon State University, told Scientific America.

In a university statement, Van Bremen added, this is the wrong name that has not been verified as a result of excitement about the use of a potential celloosipine in the treatment of a group of mental health conditions. But the research did not advance enough to the experts to confirm this is really the case.

“Any new pharmaceutical entity requires years of development to assess the safety and effectiveness of man,” he explained. “Early exposure to these vehicles constitute great risks to public health due to unknown and toxicity.”

Mushrooms in the United States

Silosipin in the types of magic mushrooms leads to visual hallucinations when consumed in adequate doses. It is classified as the first table drug, which means “it has a high ability to abuse, and there is no currently acceptable medical use in treatment in the United States, and the lack of acceptable safety for use under medical supervision,” according to the drug control department.

Several states have been canceled Celosipine, with efforts to legitimize drug progress throughout the country. The smaller number, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oregon – where researchers bought foods to research – allow adults to help the drug under strict conditions. However, legal channels are very expensive, as a recent study on the price range reached between $ 750 to $ 1,200.

“Many people are very interested in these subjects,” Masson Marx, a legal expert in drug science at Florida State University who did not participate in the study, told Scientific American. “And if you are in a state, like Oregon, it does not criminalize it, people may go to these stores and buy these products either starkly illegal or some kind of this gray region.”

High for wrong reasons

Such cheap foods that can be accessed are what Van Bremin and his colleagues bought and analyzed for the new study. First, the team sent samples to a licensed facility from the country that ratifies the quality of drugs for the Celossipine legal centers in Oregon. Surprisingly, the tests revealed that foods do not contain cellosepine.

Returning to the laboratory, the researchers tried to determine what, then, in these alleged magic fungus foods. By using some analytical chemistry, they found that foods contain many unexpected ingredients, including compounds such as the Hydrocanabinol quadruple (Thc), the main component of psychological activity in hemp.

The team identified Psilocin, a natural compound that occurs in the narcotic mushroom, in two gums. But if Psilocin really came from mushrooms, researchers would have found other relevant vehicles – which they did not do. They said this strongly indicated that Silosin was made by the laboratory.

This was not all. Some brands also had an unlisted addition to “Syndelists”, or the artificial drug that mimics natural compounds with psychological effect. Van Bremin added its effects on human health properly, which makes her hidden presence in these foods that can be easily accessible.

“There is a need for progress in analytical chemistry to detect new scientists and other adultery in consumer products,” Van Bremin said. He added that the following steps are that the flag be “to expose poor classification, support law enforcement and organizational agencies, and to help control centers of toxins and hospitals because they face excess doses due to unknown vehicles.”