Comments on: Psychedelic Mushrooms Can Boost Mental Health, Researchers Say

By: Paul8bee

Paul8bee — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:11:42 +0000

You are a gunnies.
Addiction has little to do with Mushrooms and Heroin.
It was like I was trying to get to the next level of existence.
It was like this world was not enough.
Death would have been glorious, simply because there would have been no death.
Just a trip to a higher plane.
But now I know that I was INSANE
It wasn’t just the shchooms it was the way I thought.
I can’t blame anyone for teaching me to be nuts.
But a good schoom trip is well worth a go.
Trouble is that in the end. the World is still the same.
You need people . and being high on mushrooms will not get you very far.
It all depends on your goals.
do you want to ascend to the next level, and stay there?
You will need food and water.
It is almost like the religious were stoned when they wrote the bible.
They were looking for Nirvana, or some garden of eden.

I ate pounds and pound of that stuff.
I can’t weigh it, But I was consuming a full bread bag or two of mushrooms each and every day.

the last trip I think I had 800 in a bag. I put them into a toilet, but I could not flush them down.
I scooped them up and ate them anyway.
that was my life changing moment.

By: kore

kore — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:56:59 +0000

All drugs and I mean all of them can cause allergic reaccion to “SOME” people. Take for example penicillin it is one of the most revolutionary drugs nowadays, but SOME people just can take it. It is the same with all other drugs, some people cannot take cannabis because it causes them secoundary effect like paranoia attacks or respiratory problems. Now if you are a first time user of any drug and you do not know wheather it will cause you a problem them you should be careful and only take a small dosis, wait and see and them slowly increase the dosis. The lack of knowledge and guidence causes most of mishappenings.
I have never heard of anyone who died beacause of the used of shrroms.. and come on the guy that discovered LSD died at the age of 100 and something after a long life of the use of LSD and psilocybin.

By: The Jamhole » Blog Archive » Ep 257: Best Produced

The Jamhole » Blog Archive » Ep 257: Best Produced — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:54:26 +0000

[...] Eating shrooms might actually make you smarter a new study suggests. S**t, I’ve been studying mushrooms for the past fifteen years or so. Just be careful when experimenting with your mind. Expand your mind, but expand it carefully. The Jamhole offers helpful hints on having a good experience with shrooms. [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:59:29 +0000

Paul8bee: You did not eat close to the lethal dose of magic mushrooms. It’s impossible. The LD-50 is so high (the amount of mgs that will kill you 50% of the time) that you would die from over-eating before you OD’d on psilocybin. You would have to eat like 40 pounds of mushrooms :)

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:22:25 +0000

I think its a wonderful drug that everyone in a normal state of should experience at least once in their lives. Phychedelic mushrooms are a gift from God and should be looked at as such. These mushrooms have been used for a sense of spiritual fulfillness since humans existed. I think the main reason that there illegal is because of the fact that it has the power to make one more creative and give that person a look outside the box. We live in a World where very few make the rules of us all and the people in control don’t want a society of thinkers they want workers that is the main reason there illegal. DON’T KNOCK IT UNTIL YOU TRY IT!

By: jrad

jrad — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:20:24 +0000

Paul8Bee, why on earth would anyone up the dosage? if we know where the lethality marker is, why would we push it. Besides, aren’t they strong enough as is? and I think most people agree. Your statement is kinda like saying that because heroin can be put into a lethal form, heroin users will up their dosages to a lethal level. Its not a perfect example, I know, but just because something can be done doesn’t mean its going to be done.

By: rad-j

rad-j — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:16:38 +0000

This is EVIL mushrooms are da devil. Before long, people are gonna start havin sex in the street and murdering one another over their next fix. Drugs are bad, mmmmkay? no one needs to do drugs. I am not a proponent of the use of this illicit substance. THIS STATEMENT IS not SUGGESTING THAT EVERYONE GO OUT AND DO SOME PERSONAL RESEARCH OF THEIR OWN. =)

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:46:33 +0000

Michael M, your problem is completely your fault. Your own carelessness caused it.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:08:01 +0000

First time I ever had mushrooms, I took 1/8 with some chocolate, and let me just say that after that night I have never looked at things in the same way. Shrooms are definitely a life changing substance. Everyone should take them at least once in their lifetime.

By: paul8bee

paul8bee — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:35:01 +0000

The only problem with magic mushrooms and other hallucinogens is the matter of dosage. A single dose, can be very pleasant and enlightening: but an overdose can cause problems: but still yet a Lethal dose can cause death.
In 1976 I found these magic mushrooms growing in the field at the back of my house. The first time I ate only 8 single mushrooms.
It was a grand experience that opened my eyes up. I started picking then to save for the rest of the year when the season would be over. I would go out and collect bread bags full of them.
The problem was that I could never get enough. I ate everything I picked. The last eating session I consumed over 2000 Vancouver island Magic Mushrooms in one night. I believe I came close to the lethal dose that night. I have never eaten magic mushrooms again, even thou they still grow in my back yard.
It could be that I am a lucky soul to have eaten so many. I never got addicted to street drugs. Pretty well every drug you can think of is crap, compared to magic mushrooms.
The professional medical community may well investigate this fungus. I however think that when they isolate the active ingredient, that they will find a way to ‘INCREASE” it potency. Then there will be problems. I ate only a full bread bag full. The new generation will only have to swallow a pill to get 100 times more.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:18:21 +0000

One realises when reading the comments made, that our worldly consciousness is changing rapidly. We have a Rev. putting his 5c. Some extremely educated replies which are by the way ’so damn good to read’. I feel we’re entering an era of profound awakening. That of which will not cease until nature has restored the balance!

Change is on the wind.

By: emmaaaa

emmaaaa — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:54:40 +0000

Michael M., your situation is a very rare one. Most people do not develop even a psychological addiction to mushrooms, and in fact are quite willing to wait months or years in between trips. It’s good to warn people, but don’t frighten them away. The chances of getting addicted to mushrooms are not very high.

Rev. Scott, while our religions may not be compatible in all ways, I agree that our Earth brings forth the most fantastic natural remedies that the government has no business trying to control and manipulate. Well said!

Phil E. Drifter, your hostile reaction to a suggestion of religion shows how small-minded and intolerant you are. You’re absolutely no better than the religious fanatics.

Also…yeah psilocybin.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:06:11 +0000

A combination of decriminalization and licensing is likely to be the most promising approach, hopefully somewhere between the chaos of people buying shrooms at 7-11 and the senselessness of people going to jail for having them.

By instituting a system of standards and qualifications, educated psychiatric professionals could graduate with a focus on plant medicines and take a psychedelic practitioner exam drafted by a team of experts. A psychiatrist who passes this exam could then open up a clinic where his patients could come in like any other therapy session, only with the assistance of psylocibin (or LSD, MDMA, Salvia, DMT, Peyote, Iboga, or Ayahuasca, each of which having its own entirely distinct therapeutic potential). Licenses could also be granted to spiritual centers that meet similar qualifications.

The bad trips and irresponsibility that inspire panic in the masses could be prevented by this system, and the unending benefits of these sacred medicines would finally become available to a public that is crippled by neuroses and desperately in need of a reconnection with the mysteries of the universe.

It’s a tragedy that clear heads have yet to prevail in this debate. There’s no reason for psychedelics to be illegal. There is, however, a myriad of reasons for the human race to put as much attention it can spare towards understanding and exploring the psychedelic experience. There is quite simply no time to waste, and yet, considering it has to crawl and limp through liberal academia, how can common sense hope to penetrate the poisoned waters of the public’s misled attitude towards psychedelics, much less survive a trip to Washington?

By: Michael M.

Michael M. — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:55:22 +0000

I’m going to tell you all something very seriously here. I have done a lot more magic mushrooms than whoever so carelessly titled this thesis and I will offer this: Mushrooms can destroy your life if not taken extraordinarily seriously.

If like the article mentioned you only did them once, I agree it could have a great benefit, but I do believe they are illegal for a reason. They are highly dangerous and can lead to altering your personality and ruining your most valued relationships.

By: funguymon

funguymon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:05:08 +0000

All drugs need to be legalized. Who is to say what I can and cannot put in my body?