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Huron Undercover Narcotics Team |
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PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS |
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| Psilocybin mushrooms are consumed orally, often with saltine crackers, due to their bad taste. | A typical price is $30.00 for one eighth ounce. |
| Street Names: | Magic mushrooms; Shrooms |
| Classification: | Hallucinogen; Schedule 1 |
| Physical Dependence: | None |
| Psychological Dependence: | Unknown |
| Duration: | Variable |
| Usual Method: | Oral |
| Possible Effects: | Illusions and hallucinations; Altered perception of time and distance |
| Effects of Overdose: | Longer, more intense "trip" episodes; Psychosis; Possible death |
| Withdrawal Syndrome: | Unknown |
| Paraphernalia, Packaging: | Cigarette cellophane; Sandwich baggies |
| Signs and Symptoms: | Extremely dilated pupils; Warm skin; Excessive perspiration and body odor; Distorted sense of sight, hearing, and touch; Distorted image of self and time; Mood and behavior changes; Unpredictable flashback episodes, even long after withdrawal (although these are rare) |
