Vermont health officials warn against consuming psychoactive mushroom gummies

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https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-07-23/health-officials-warn-against-consuming-psychoactive-mushroom-gummies

Vermont health officials warn against consuming psychoactive mushroom gummies

Vermont Public | By Peter Hirschfeld
Published July 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM EDT

The Department of Health is warning Vermonters not to buy or consume the mushroom gummies that are now being sold in at least one retail location in Vermont.

According to Vermont's Deputy Health Commissioner Kelly Dougherty, the products contain a legal but psychotropic compound produced by the Amanita muscaria mushroom.

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“That product can depress your central nervous system, which is probably why people want to take it, but can also cause confusion or dizziness, agitation, and other symptoms,” she told Vermont Public Tuesday. “You don’t know how potent it is, and you don’t know what other ingredients are in there.”

The federal Food and Drug Administration recently issued a recall for a brand of mushroom gummy called Diamond Shruumz, after the product was linked to illnesses and hospitalizations.

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1. I'll be the judge of that

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2. Legalize psilocybin. Problem solved.

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3. This one is Amanita muscaria, not psilocybin.

Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria

[Voltaire2]

4. That's the point. Amanita Muscaria is unregulated and dangerous.

Psilocybin is very safe and prohibited.

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5. Ah, think I see your point.

That the market for this mushroom would be eliminated or diminished if psilocybin were legal?

[Voltaire2]

6. Exactly.