![]() Proceed with caution, as they too operate in a grey area. There are even dispensaries that sell dried magic mushrooms and psilocybin truffles. In 2020, Health Canada granted 20 exemptions for psilocybin therapy to 20 cancer patients to treat their end-of-life distress. So far, Denver, Colorado, Oakland, California, and Santa Cruz, California have decriminalized. The United States and Canada are currently experiencing a movement to decriminalize psilocybin that began in the late 2010s. The British Virgin islands and Portugal are in the grey area in terms of legality where psilocybin truffles are decriminalized, although it might be more difficult to find a magic truffle or magic mushroom shop than in the Netherlands. At Behold Retreats, we have chosen to use these incredible fungi as the substance of choice for our retreats in the Netherlands.īrazil, Bahamas, Jamaica, Nepal, and Samoa have listed psilocybin as a legal substance and so it is possible to find psilocybin truffles in healing centers or recreational shrooms. Magic mushrooms on the other hand have been made a controlled substance and deemed illegal since 2007.įresh and dry psilocybin truffles are sold in head shops across the country and used in healing retreats. Psilocybin truffles are legal in The Netherlands, where the government has allowed them to be bought and consumed. Many countries are moving towards the decriminalization and therapeutic use of the psychoactive substance psilocybin. However, psilocybin mushrooms show incredible promise for medical use, are used for religious reasons in numerous cultures, and have a significantly lower potential for abuse than a substance like alcohol. In 1971 the United Nations listed both psilocybin and psilocin as a Schedule I drug under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. The legal status of psilocybin mushrooms varies worldwide. These transformation substances have been used by many ancient cultures to facilitate healing and spiritual growth, and are used in modern times to treat mental health issues as well as to promote overall well-being.īoth magic mushrooms and psilocybin truffles can produce a powerful and intense psychedelic effect and a deeply introspective experience. The known species include Psilocybe tampanensis, Psilocybe mexicana, Psilocybe atlantis and Psilocybe galindoii. There are several species of truffles containing the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. They are essentially the subterranean part of a mushroom. ![]() Known as sclerotia, psychoactive truffles are simply a dormant form of fungus, which store food reserves in a hardened mycelium, until ready to grow into psychoactive mushrooms. In fact, magic truffles are actually the same as magic mushrooms belonging to the same species of psychoactive fungi, just at a different stage of development. (psilocybin mushroom, psilocybe mushrooms, psilocybe cubensis ). You may be familiar with their better known counterpart, ‘magic mushrooms’. Magic truffles are a class of psychoactive fungi which contain the psychedelic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. If you have ingested a hallucinogenic mushroom or a psychedelic drug before you will find magic truffles (psilocybin truffles) to produce a similar experience. Psilocybin is the main alkaloid exhibiting hallucinogenic properties. These hallucinogenic mushrooms, previously known as stropharia cubensis and now renamed as psilocybe cubensis, are famous for producing strong visual effects and a deeply introspective journey thanks to their psychedelic compound psilocybin. You may be familiar with the psychedelic mushroom commonly referred to recreationally as “shrooms,” or “magic mushrooms”.
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