Have you heard about the Diamond Shruumz recall?
The manufacturer hasissued a recall, as haveFDAand numerous state health departments.
Patients report severe symptoms: seizures, loss of consciousness, vomiting, and respiratory failure.
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4-AcOs effects resemble psilocybins (its often called synthetic psilocybin) but its cheaper and easier to make.
Though itstechnically illegal, it hasnt been on law enforcements radar.
Those magic blend mushroom chocolate bars you see at smoke shops and gas stations probably contain 4-AcO.
Because its so cheap, 4-AcO has effectively sunk the price of psilocybin mushrooms.
Its engendered animosity from magic mushroom cultivators, some of whom celebrated the Diamond Shruumz debacle.
Some even promoted the specious claim that 4-AcO was the poisoning culprit.
Diamond Shruumz marketed their wares as microdoses.
The all-caps slogan LEADING FORM OF MICRODOSING and the brand logo implies its contents as well.
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Remember thevaping illness outbreak of 2019?
Illegal vape products spiked withVitamin E acetatecaused thousands of illnesses and more than 60 deaths.
Similarly, every single headline about this latest outbreak mentions microdosing.
A glance at these stories would lead you to assume that microdosing mushrooms poisoned people.
Yet the media has run with the angle that microdose mushroom chocolate bars are poison.
Its no secret thatfear drives clicks, and lurid drug stories feed the medias bottom line.
We will see more of them as decriminalization progresses.
To my mushroom industry friends: Microdosing kills is not a winning argument for any of us.
Its in all our best interests to educate consumers about the real risks and benefits of psychedelics.
Legalization and regulation could solve many of these problems but in the meantime,caveat emptor.
