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30Psilocybin
A hallucinogen in certain types of mushrooms that grow in parts of South America, Mexico, and the United States. For
more information, see the
Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs Research
Report.
Street Names
Commercial Names
Common Forms
Common Ways Taken
DEA
Schedule
Little Smoke, Magic
No commercial uses
Fresh or dried
Swallowed (eaten,
I
Mushrooms, Purple
mushrooms with long,
brewed as tea, or added
Passion, Shrooms
slender stems topped by
to other foods)
caps with dark gills
Possible Health Effects
Short-term
Hallucinations, altered perception of time, inability to tell fantasy from reality, panic, muscle
relaxation or weakness, problems with movement, enlarged pupils, nausea, vomiting,
drowsiness.
Long-term
Risk of flashbacks and memory problems.
Other Health-related
Risk of poisoning if a poisonous mushroom is accidentally used.
Issues
In Combination with
May decrease the perceived effects of alcohol.
Alcohol
Withdrawal
Unknown.
symptoms
Treatment Options
Medications
It is not known whether psilocybin is addictive. There are no FDA-approved medications to
treat addiction to psilocybin or other hallucinogens.
Behavioral Therapies
More research is needed to find out if psilocybin is addictive and whether behavioral
therapies can be used to treat addiction to this or other hallucinogens.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Page 24 of 30
Commonly Abused Drugs
January 2018
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