Mushroom gummy brands found to contain illegal hallucinogens after 5 sickened (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Mushroom gummy brands found to contain illegal hallucinogens after 5 sickened

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“People tend to equate ‘legal’ with ‘safe,’ which is not necessarily the case. These products are not regulated and can contain any number of unlabeled substances which, when consumed, can cause undesired symptoms,” said researcher Avery Michienzi, DO, assistant medical director of UVA Health's Blue RIdge Poison Center. “Some packages will have QR codes showing that the products were tested in a lab and contain only what they are labeled to contain. These have been found to be inaccurate.”

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