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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 Webweasel on Tuesday January 08 2019, @11:19AM (1 child)
I grew my own a few years back. (Pretty easy, make rice cakes, inject spore solution, put in a terrarium with perlite soaked in water, leave until the fruit)
I was very excited about my first grow, but misread 5 grams as 5 mushrooms.
What a hell of an experience. Within 20 mins I couldn't see properly. I felt like I was looking at the world through a diamond kaleidoscope.
I didn't have time to go through the left right brain split phase (Very horrible, your head feels echoey and paranoid through this stage, it's why I don't do shrooms anymore. Very unpleasant)
About half an hour after that, I started to experience true ego death. My inner monologue started to shorten. I could repeat to myself "Remember your on shrooms", but that quickly faded. "Your on shrooms" "shrooms" "shroo" "sh"
Eventually all inner thought was gone, I could not interact with the world. All I could do was curl up in the fetal position on the sofa. All sensation went, I could not see, hear or feel, but also all consciousness went. No fear at all, as there was not a part of me that could feel fear. I no longer existed.
All that was left was brown fractals. That's it. Amazing fractals, but nothing else.
That whole "Feeling one with the universe", That's on low doses. True ego death means.... you don't exist. Your mind is gone, it cannot function, you can only experience. But you have no mind to process the experience. You don't exist anymore. It's very liberating.
The trip lasted about 4 hours. Funny thing about shroom trips, they get stronger and stronger than at the peak... It just ends.
Like the scene in trainspotting where he is overdosing and they inject him with adrenaline or something. WHOOOSH. Your back to reality. It was like surfacing from deep water. All brain function restored. Very very relaxed, probably the most relaxed I have ever been and perfectly sober.
I don't advocate drugs for anyone, however going through true ego death every couple of years seems to be a great reset for me. It seems to be a mix of "oneness" with the universe and at the same time, hallucinogens are horrifically traumatic on the mind. After surviving that rollercoaster, real life seems quaintly charming. All those things you used to worry about? Meaningless in comparison. The stress you were feeling. Ha! How silly it all seems.
So every few years, when I feel life is getting on top of me, drop a really strong hallucinogen (Shrooms or LSD) and have a mental reset. Works for me.
Priyom.org Number stations, Russian Military radio. "You are a bad, bad man. Do you have any other virtues?"-Runaway1956
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 08 2019, @07:36PM
this is similar to my experience with shrooms in high school . we had picked 82 shrooms and made a tea. it was powerful. afterwards i was quite "zen" about things.