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Magic Mushrooms Outpace MDMA as America’s Favorite Psychedelic, RAND Study Reveals

Law enforcement seizures of “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms” containing the psychoactive component psilocybin increased dramatically in the United States between January 2017 and December 2022, according to a new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Law enforcement seizures of psilocybin mushrooms rose dramatically between 2017-2022

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