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AMANITA MUSCARIA (FLY AGARIC MUSHROOM) Street name: Magic mushrooms Description: A red mushroom, about 10 – 20 cm high, with white spots. The psychoactive drugs are muscarine, atropine and bofotenine. Street use: Usually cooked and eaten or boiled in water to make a ‘tea’. Mushrooms can also be dried for storage. Drug effect: Hallucinogen. Dependency: No Withdrawal: Effects which include sweating, nausea, reduces heart rate and hallucinations begin within 30 – 40 minutes and usually last between four and eight hours. Aggressive mood changes have also been reported. Long-term use: Little is known about the long – term use of Fly Agaric. Overdose risk: Fly Agaric mushrooms are very toxic. Heart failure is the most common cause of death. Maximum penalty: PSILOCYBE SEMILANCEATA (LIBERTY CAP MUSHROOM) Street name: Magic mushrooms, Mushies. Description: Light brown mushroom about six to eight cm high containing psilocybin. Street use: Usually cooked and eaten or boiled in water to make a ‘tea’. Mushrooms can also be dried for storage. Drug effect: Effects which include euphoria and hallucinations begin within 20 – 40 minutes and usually last between four and eight hours. Sleep often follows use. Dependency: No. Withdrawal: No withdrawal symptoms have been noted. Long-term use: Psilocybin can cause impaired cognitive functioning and poor performance in attention tests. However, no adverse long – term effects have been reported. Overdose risk: Liberty Caps are not very toxic and so the overdose risk is low. Amounts of mushrooms used vary from one or two mushrooms to 20 or more. However, there is a risk of mistakenly taking a more poisonous mushroom or fungus. Legal status: Liberty Caps are classified as Class A controlled drug. Maximum penalty: | ||||||
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