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Mushrooms/Psylocibilin abuse awareness
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Mushrooms/Psylocibilin abuse awareness
Affects on the mind/body
Sources that didn't give us information
Parent Fact Sheet
- MIND: Makes you hallucinate by not being able to detect what is fantasy and what is reality.
- It also makes you paranoid.
- BODY: Vomiting, lack of coordination, numbness of the tongue, body weakness, shivering or sweating, and drowsiness.
- Riley county police department
- Riley county health department
Short Term and Long Term Effects
Short term:
- light headed
- dilated pupils
- twitching
- exaggerated reflexes
- -Paranoid, agitation, and seizure
Long term:
- flashbacks
- anxiety
- impaired memory
Recent Study
Riley County
How are they being used?
- 886 samples were analyzed by Pharm Chem Street Drug Laboratory
- Only 252 (28%) were actually hallucinogenic
- 275 (31%) were regular store bought mushrooms laced with LSD or PCP
- 328 (37%) contained no drug at all
- Normally taken orally
- Made as a tea
- Mixed in with other food or candy to mask the taste
References
Kansas
-http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/hallucinogens-dissociative-drugs/director
-http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide/mushrooms/
-http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com/mushrooms/index.htm
-http://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3600/odd.htm
-http://www.k-state.edu/counseling/student/aodes_news/f95vol9.pdf
-http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/healthy-living-vie-saine/substance-abuse-toxicomanie/mushrooms-champignons-eng.php
- Psylocibilin is a low threat to Kansas
- Available primarily in areas with colleges or universities
- Typical abusers are young Caucasian adults
- Commonly occurs at music concerts
Street Names
- Magic mushrooms
- Shrooms
- Gods flesh
- Silly putty
- Simple Simon
- Hippiflip
Overview
- Psylocibilin is a hallucinogenic substance or chemical obtained from certain types of fresh or dried mushrooms
- First isolated in 1958 by Dr. Albert Hofmann, who also discovered lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Can be found in South America, Mexico and the United States
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