Psilocin and Psilocybin are both Schedule I in the United States. This means they are illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, or distribute (sell, trade or give) without a DEA license. Not available by prescription. Fresh and dried psilocybin mushrooms are considered containers of Psilocybin and Psilocin, making them illegal to possess as well.

Addictive Potential: None

Emergency Room Visits Yearly: Unknown

Mandatory Minimum Sentence: Unknown

Mechanism of Action: agonist of the serotonin receptors primarily at 5-HT_2Aand 5-HT_2C

 

Overview:

Psilocybin, is an entheogen. It is a psychedelic alkaloid of the tryptamine family. It is present in many species of fungi, including those of the genus Psilocybe, such as Psilocybe cubensis. Psilocybin-containing mushrooms are commonly called magic mushrooms or more simply "shrooms". The intensity and duration of the entheogenic use of psilocybin mushrooms vary depending on species of mushroom, dosage, individual physiology, and set and setting.

 

Research:

Good Friday Follow Up

Response of Cluster Headache to Psilocybin and LSD

Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder: what do we know after 50 years?

Acute psychological and physiological effects of psilocybin in healthy humans

Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of psilocybin in 9 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning

Effects of psilocybin on time perception and temporal control of behaviour in humans

Hallucinogen research inspires “neurotheology”

 

E-books:

Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna

 

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