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Study Finds Magic Mushrooms Are the Safest Recreational Drug (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Mushrooms are the safest of all the drugs people take recreationally, according to this year's Global Drug Survey. Of the more than 12,000 people who reported taking psilocybin hallucinogenic mushrooms in 2016, just 0.2% of them said they needed emergency medical treatment -- a rate at least five times lower than that for MDMA, LSD and cocaine. Global Drug Survey 2017, with almost 120,000 participants in 50 countries, is the world's biggest annual drug survey, with questions that cover the types of substances people take, patterns of use and whether they experienced any negative effects. Overall, 28,000 people said they had taken magic mushrooms at some point in their lives, with 81.7% seeking a "moderate psychedelic experience" and the "enhancement of environment and social interactions."
More like the potheads couldn't be bothered to report
That's a derogatory, insensitive term that only privileged white males use; please refer to them from now on as "undocumented pharmacists."
and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all...
Repeal the 17th Amendment TODAY! Also Please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Despite these quibbles with methodology, I'm personally miffed at the superstitious reference to "magic" mushrooms.
Can we agree, henceforward, to refer to these as "Science Mushrooms" ?
Signed,
A highly rational libertarian genius.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."