Study Finds Magic Mushrooms Are the Safest Recreational Drug | Alternet
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Mushrooms are the safest of all the drugs people take recreationally, according to this year’s Global Drug Survey.
Brad Burge from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (Maps) urged caution on relying on people’s self reports for data as people often take multiple drugs at the same time, so you can’t be sure which one is causing the problem.
He also highlighted that seeking emergency medical treatment means different things for different drugs. With a drug such as heroin, a trip to the emergency room is a life-or-death situation requiring resuscitation and medication. With LSD or mushrooms, there is no toxicity and the effects wear after a few hours.
“There is no known lethal dose for LSD or pure psilocybin,” he said.
Both Winstock and Burge said that the findings indicate a need for drug policy reform, with a focus on shifting psychedelics off the schedule one list of the most dangerous controlled substances.