Features of tasting psilocybin mushrooms
Thousands of years ago, Latin shamans used the change in consciousness obtained through mushrooms in religious practices. This remedy reached the civilized countries of North America and Europe not so long ago: literally half a century ago. Since the 60s of the last century, the use of psilocybin mushrooms for recreational purposes began to spread in society and turned into a real culture popular among people. Now, despite their illegality, lovers of clouded consciousness also use psychedelics, including fungi, although they are less popular than many other analogues.
Impact on the human body
Our little friends have a greater impact on the psyche of the taster, while there is no significant damage to internal organs. They are toxic to a certain extent; it is because of the poisoning of the body that people see and hear hallucinations, but this does not indicate the danger of the drug. The risk of overdose with moderate tasting is less than one percent. Another interesting and important fact is that in all the years of the existence of psilocybin mushrooms, no one has ever died from them.
Therefore, the presented psychedelics can be called safe, although to a relative extent. Guided by such conclusions, they are used not only by the lower strata of the population. Substances are used in meditation and religious-mystical rituals, as many centuries ago, but most often simply to feel the psychedelic effect that changes the perception of the world around us. They are not only bought ready-made, but also grown from spore prints. Experienced mushroom pickers know where such mushrooms grow and collect them themselves. If you also want to know where to look for them and how to distinguish them from their poisonous brothers, then read this article “About hallucinogenic mushrooms: what are they and where to find them?”
Effects of psilocybin on the body
The effect of psilocybin mushrooms has been analyzed and described in some detail - even in the literature you can find detailed descriptions of the condition that people experienced after taking it. For a long time, the effect of hallucinogens on the brain remained the subject of theories, however, it was also studied.
After psilocybin enters the body, in particular the intestines, it is broken down into its main derivative, psilocin, and other breakdown products. Once in the blood, the toxin acts by stimulating the hormone serotonin, another name for which is the hormone of joy. After consumption, a person experiences very pleasant emotions, a state of lightness and euphoria, and under the influence of a hallucinogen can see some visual images. Psilocybin distorts reality, creating the effect of intense alcoholic intoxication.
A recent study has revealed more details about the substance's effects on the body. Once psilocybin enters the bloodstream, it travels directly to the brain and affects neurons in its three main areas, causing almost irreparable damage:
- medial prefrontal area;
- anterior part of the cingulate cortex;
- posterior region of the cingulate cortex.
The medial zone and posterior cingulate cortex are areas that are always in a state of activity. In this part of the brain, most metabolic processes proceed twenty percent faster than in other areas, even if the person is completely relaxed or in a state of sleep. Streams of incoming information are connected and a certain picture of the world is formed at a specific moment.
At the moment of taking hallucinogenic mushrooms, neurons in the above-mentioned areas of the human brain practically stop working, and accordingly, other processes stop. At this moment, a transformation of the previous picture of the world occurs - hallucinations occur, both visual and auditory. Many drug addicts call this effect a reality shift.
The anterior zone of the cingulate gyrus is responsible for depressive states and moods: the area is in an excited state at the time of depression and anxiety. Psilocybin slows down the functioning of this zone: that is why, after taking it, there is an improvement in mood, a decrease in anxiety and a depressive mood.
What happens if you get caught?
Schedule I substances are believed to be addictive to users, so their use is limited even for medical purposes. In practice, it is not so easy to determine specific legal limits for a number of psychotropics. Fungi lovers from Russia who store or distribute them should familiarize themselves with the following documents:
- Criminal Code;
- Code of Administrative Offences;
- Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 1, 2012 N
There is information on the Internet that the significant size for psilocybin mushrooms is 0.05 grams or higher, but this is an erroneous understanding of the law. In the presented Resolution, such a mass is established for pure psilocybin, and for mushrooms containing it, a significant size is set at 10 grams. It should be noted that these are not just boring legal nuances that do not matter. It is due to these nuances that your fate will be determined: prison or just a fine, in other words, criminal or administrative. Criminal punishment is imposed for a significant amount and above, that is, if you have the magic 9 g stored, you will get off lightly.
The penalty is assigned depending on the corpus delicti (in the case of criminal liability), the presence of mitigating and aggravating circumstances. The decision is made by the court. Now specifically about punishments:
- Less than 10 g - 4-5 thousand rubles fine or up to 15 days of administrative arrest;
- 10 or more - up to 40,000 fine, or up to 480 hours of compulsory labor, or up to 2 years of correctional labor, or up to 3 years of restriction or imprisonment.
We will not consider large sizes and above, since everything is too scary there, we do not recommend messing with it.
If we are not talking about storage, distribution and other acts not related to cultivation, then in the case of cultivation the situation is different. Let's look at the sizes again:
- Large - from 20 plants;
- Extra large - from 200.
There will be no criminal liability if you are nursing 19 or fewer fruiting bodies.
Punishments:
- Up to 20 - 1.5-4 thousand or up to 15 days of arrest;
- From 20 to 300,000 fine, or up to 480 hours of compulsory labor, or up to two years of restriction or imprisonment.
The important thing here is that no one cares whether the fruits have ripened, what stage the bodies are at, or other details. They will condemn you anyway.
Description of psilocybin mushrooms
To protect yourself, it is strongly recommended that you refrain from any experiments with such varieties, and also study their structure and appearance, which will avoid accidentally ending up with toxic specimens in the basket.
And although there are few varieties of psilocybin species (this is the name given to mushrooms that have psychotropic properties due to the high content of psilocybin), there are several general characteristics, knowledge of which will help you avoid mistakes during a “silent hunt.”
Structure and features of the species
Most often, glucogenic mushrooms have a high thin stalk of a cartilaginous fibrous type, which can grow up to 10 cm, not exceeding 0.5 cm in diameter. The cap of psilocybes is small, cone-shaped, elongated, with a pointed middle, up to 2 cm in diameter. Often the edges are the caps are bent inward, covering the lamellar hymenophore descending to the stalk.
Thin, frequent plates are light in color, turning into a rich purple hue as the species matures. They contain brown or purple spores of granular or ellipsoid shape, which ensure widespread reproduction of representatives of this species.
The color of the fruiting body can completely coincide with the stem or, on the contrary, contrast with it, having a pronounced olive, faded yellowish or reddish tint.
Atlas of hallucinogenic mushroom species
There are two main types of mushrooms that cause hallucinations: fly agaric and psilocybin. There are more than two hundred varieties of mushrooms that can give you a drug trip.
Psilocybin mushrooms with the active ingredient psilocin are more popular among drug addicts due to their low toxicity, unlike fly agaric mushrooms. In the scientific literature, these varieties of mushrooms are classified as poisonous, since their effect is considered to be poisoning. In addition, in addition to psilocybin, they contain other toxic substances.
The genus of Psilocybe mushrooms has about 140 species and they grow naturally in the United States in the humid forests of Mexico and Central America.
The most studied species of all is the Cuban Psilocybe due to the ability to breed it under artificial conditions. Psilocybin is also found in some species of Fiberwort, Gymnopilus and Paneolus.
Consequences of eating hallucinogenic mushrooms
Psilocybin mushroom spores are sold online and can be purchased through the mail. This is how drug dealers circumvent the law. However, everyone who decides to indulge in this psychedelic must understand a simple thing.
The decision to try drugs comes to a person either out of ignorance of the consequences for health and life, or due to the desire to escape from reality. From various sources you can hear that hallucinogenic mushrooms do not cause physical dependence and that almost the only way to become a great genius is to open your consciousness. However, everyone must understand that for every genius there are a hundred crazy people, here are the consequences of eating poisonous mushrooms.
The differences between psilocybin and LSD are small and both are psychedelics, no longer affecting tissues and organs, but the psyche, the human consciousness.
If you are looking for information about the benefits of hallucinogenic mushrooms and you are interested in this topic, ask yourself what you want to escape from, what you are not happy with in life.
Let's be honest, we watched a lot of videos when we were looking for interesting material for you. And you can check for yourself, but you will not find a single person with signs of high intelligence or traits of a genius. Everyone who talks about how cool it is to eat mushrooms and catch a trip looks, to put it mildly, strange.
We cannot write here that hallucinogenic mushrooms are as dangerous as the drug krokodil or heroin. This is wrong. But in reality, no one can say what potential harm lies in psilocybin.
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There is little research on this topic, since this substance was quickly classified as a dangerous drug. Therefore, there is no data on real harm, which may appear several years later. But you have to ask yourself - why become a test subject and experiment on your own life. Moreover, the human brain is the darkest and most unexplored matter, and mushrooms affect it specifically.
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The effects begin to be felt between 20 minutes and one hour after consuming the mushrooms. The first signs are a feeling of euphoria and anticipation, as well as tingling throughout the body.
After the onset of action, it usually takes 30 to 45 minutes before the “peak” occurs.
Often at this stage there is a feeling of nausea.
