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Turns out, 'magic' mushrooms are responsible for the lowest percentage of emergency ward visits, followed by cannabis in second place, and LSD and cocaine in joint third place.
At the other end of the chart, methamphetamine, synthetic cannabis, and alcohol carried the most risk of a trip to the local emergency ward, leaving MDMA (ecstasy) and amphetamines in the middle of the drug safety table.
The survey took in responses from 115,523 people across more than 50 countries. Nearly 10,000 participants said they had tried magic mushrooms in the past year, with 0.2 percent of those needing a trip to the hospital after their drug-induced trip.
That was the lowest percentage figure in the survey by some distance, but researchers are keen to point out that no drug use is entirely harmless - and there are plenty of other risks associated with drugs that don't necessarily land you in hospital.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday January 08 2019, @01:40AM (4 children)
Which is exactly what the boys and I told ourselves one night many years ago, after smoking some of that electric cabbage.
We were clever too, we knew that magic mushrooms grew in a specific part of the country, and so we set off to find some.
Of course, after 4 hours of driving, when we got where we knew the mushrooms grew, we realised that none of us actually knew what they looked like.
Stupid boys.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 08 2019, @01:57AM (3 children)
Ha! That's funny, that is. It's something you just sort of pick up in most of the areas they're prevalent. Usually around the time your oldest buddy can start driving. Unless one of your friends has cattle on their land, in which case it could be significantly earlier.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday January 08 2019, @02:31AM (2 children)
I'm a country boy, and most of my mates were dairy farmers, so no shortage of cows, but also no magic mushrooms.
Maybe the winters weren't cold enough or something, because as I said about 4 hours south of us they did grow, quite well in fact.
Not that I ever tried any because it turns out I don't know what they look like. Still, pot grew wild if you knew where to look, and we did know what that looks like.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 08 2019, @03:01AM
Rainfall I expect. Maybe winters less harsh. They need warmth and humidity like most any fungus. They didn't grow all that great in OK but in LA they're as common as grass.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Webweasel on Tuesday January 08 2019, @11:05AM
You can't really be sure by look. The only way to be sure is a spore print. The spores should look metallic purple. Anything else and you have a high risk of poisoning yourself.
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