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Anecdotally, I get Instagram ads for "buy mdma online" all day, every day.

• animal_spirits 2y ago
  I’ve continually gotten magic mushroom gummy advertisements
  • axoltl 2y ago
    These are likely for muscimol gummies as opposed to psylocybin gummies. Despite having psychoactive components muscimol containing mushrooms (Amanita Muscaria, etc.) are legal, as is muscimol itself.
    • jrflowers 2y ago
      A recent brand of gummies was found to have 4-ACO-DMT in them, which is a prodrug of psilocin. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/diamond-shruumz-candies-suspected-of-causing-second-death-fda-reports/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/diamond-shruumz-cand...
      • lagniappe 2y ago
        >found to have 4-ACO-DMT in them that's a legal and unscheduled substance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Acetylpsilocin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Acetylpsilocin
        • jrflowers 2y ago
          From that link, regarding legality in the US: > it would be considered akin to a Schedule I Controlled Substance under the Federal Analogue Act if sold for human consumption. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Analogue_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Analogue_Act
          • lagniappe 2y ago
            You won't find any of them are conspicuously sold for human consumption, it's easier to stamp "not for human consumption" on the packaging.
            • jrflowers 2y ago
              The link I initially posted was about 4-aco-dmt being found in gummies and chocolate — types of candy. It came in packaging with recommended dosing on it. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/diamond-shruumz-candies-suspected-of-causing-second-death-fda-reports/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/diamond-shruumz-cand... The brand’s website has dosing suggestions as well https://diamondshruumz.com/ https://diamondshruumz.com/
            • Suppafly 2y ago
              >You won't find any of them are conspicuously sold for human consumption, it's easier to stamp "not for human consumption" on the packaging. That's not the get out jail free defense that idiots think that it is. Gummies aren't made and packaged and distributed for any other purpose than human consumption, judges aren't stupid.
      • Scoundreller 2y ago
        > Perhaps the most plausible possible cause identified so far is yet another compound identified by Diamond Shruumz itself. > In its recall notice, the company reported that third-party lab testing of some of its candies identified higher than normal amounts of muscimol, a psychoactive compound found in hallucinogenic Amanita mushrooms, including the iconic toadstool A. muscaria. > These mushrooms contain a combination of muscimol and the related ibotenic acid, both of which resemble neurotransmitters. > Together, they could cause the symptoms seen in the cases so far, including seizures, central nervous system depression (loss of consciousness, confusion, sleepiness), agitation, abnormal heart rates, hyper/hypotension, nausea, and vomiting. And in pharmaceutical manufacturing, diluting things is definitely a science. Gotta worry about demixing, adsorption, absorption, granulations, cracking or creaming of emulsions (if present), caking... lots of fun when you need to make something consistent at low concentrations.
• mewpmewp2 2y ago
  Just to make sure I won't get hit by any, what activities does one have to avoid doing in order to not get any of those?
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