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Possession and sale of mushrooms have been prohibited since the Royal Decree of 22 January 1998. Belize: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal, mushroom spores are unenforced when a psychonaut grows or cultivates in their home: In Belize, psilocin is listed in the Misuse of Drugs Act and penalty of "5 years, $100,000, or both." [32] Bolivia ...
In May 2019, Denver, Colorado, became the first city in the United States to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms after a ballot initiative narrowly won with 50.6% of the vote. The initiative did not legalize mushrooms but prohibited Denver from spending any resources to prosecute people for their use or possession.
Psilocybe azurescens is a species of psychedelic mushroom whose main active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin.It is among the most potent of the tryptamine-bearing mushrooms, containing up to 1.8% psilocybin, 0.5% psilocin, and 0.4% baeocystin by dry weight, averaging to about 1.1% psilocybin and 0.15% psilocin.
At present, psilocybin mushroom use has been reported among some groups spanning from central Mexico to Oaxaca, including groups of Nahua, Mixtecs, Mixe, Mazatecs, Zapotecs, and others. [2] An important figure of mushroom usage in Mexico was María Sabina, [17] who used native mushrooms, such as Psilocybe mexicana in her practice.
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[33]: 36–41, 52 Cultivated mushrooms have less variability in psilocybin content than wild mushrooms. [227] The drug is more stable in dried than fresh mushrooms; dried mushrooms retain their potency for months or even years, [33]: 51–5 while mushrooms stored fresh for four weeks contain only traces of the original psilocybin. [56]
This is a list of the legality of psychoactive Amanita mushrooms by country. In addition to muscimol and ibotenic acid, some species of Amanita mushrooms, including Amanita citrina and Amanita muscaria , may contain bufotenin which is illegal in many countries and is not included on this list.
It is both one of the most widely distributed psilocybin mushrooms in nature, and one of the most potent. The mushrooms have a distinctive conical to bell-shaped cap, up to 2.5 cm (1 in) in diameter, with a small nipple-like protrusion on the top. They are yellow to brown, covered with radial grooves when moist, and fade to a lighter color as ...