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Psilocybin

Psilocybin. Psilocybin. What is psilocybin?. Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic mushroom that turns into psilocin when ingested and psilocin is what causes you to have trips. Other names for psilocybin

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Psilocybin

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  1. Psilocybin Psilocybin

  2. What is psilocybin? • Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic mushroom that turns into psilocin when ingested and psilocin is what causes you to have trips. Other names for psilocybin Shrooms Booms Magic Mushrooms

  3. History of psilocybin • Carmen Hillier believed that humans from East Africa had a diet that consisted of some psilocybin mushrooms a million years ago.  • The Aztecs have been using psilocybin for centuries.  They thought that psilocybin had a religious significance.  It was so important that they called it "God's flesh." 

  4. Who uses psilocybin? • Most of the people who are using psilocybin are using it recreationally and for the experience.  • In some cases, it's been used for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.)  and to treat cluster headaches

  5. Where do you get psilocybin? • Psilocybin mushrooms can be found growing all over.  • Buy them from a source. • You can order the spores online and grow it at home.

  6. Growth of psilocybin Day 1 Day 2 Day 4 Day 3

  7. Ways to take psilocybin • Chew it. • Make a tea. • Put it in O.J. • (Calcium blocks psilocybin) • (Heat breaks down psilocybin)

  8. Effects of psilocybin • Loss of appetite and nausea • Euphoria • Increased heart rate • Elevated blood pressure • Pupil dilation • Muscle relaxation • Changes to sound and sight.  • Perception is enhanced • Contrast of colors is increased • Surfaces will shimmer or ripple. • Music and sounds are increased • Synesthesia which is a visualization of color upon hearing a sound

  9. Risks of psilocybin • Ingesting psilocybin can cause stomachaches, nausea and possible vomiting. • Easily mistaken for poisonous mushrooms • Becoming very sick from bad mushrooms • Bad trips can happen and there's no going back until the effects have worn off. • Psilocybin can make existing mental problems worse.

  10. Sources • Gottlieb, Adam. "The Psilocybin Producers Guide." Lyc&aelig;um - Entheogenic Database & Community. The Sputnik Drug Information Zone. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. <http://www.lycaeum.org/~sputnik/Shrooms/shroom1.html>. • Harrison, Karl. "Psilocybin, What is Psilocybin? About its Science, Chemistry and Structure." Chemistry, Structures & 3D Molecules @ 3Dchem.com - Home. Karl Harrison, July 2001. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. <http://www.3dchem.com/molecules.asp?ID=28>. • M, Cohen M., and Shiloh Y. "Psilocybin Mushrooms." Hallucinogenic Treatment of Neuro-Vascular Headaches. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. <http://www.clusterbusters.com/hallucinogens.html>. • "Psilocybin Mushroom (Magic Mushrooms) Vault." Erowid. 1996. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. <http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms.shtml>. • "Psilocybin Mushrooms." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin_mushrooms>.

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