Notes from the Field: Schedule I Substances Identified in Nootropic Gummies Containing Amanita muscaria or Other Mushrooms — Charlottesville, Virginia, 2023–2024
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report July 18, 2024 Avery Michienzi, Jeremy Hamlin, Rita Farah et al. 9 citations
Since late 2023, according to conversations between investigators and smoke shop employees, gas stations and smoke shops in Virginia have been selling mushroom gummies, marketed as nootropics (substances taken to enhance cognitive function) or psychedelics.These gummies are labeled to contain either Amanita muscaria or proprietary mushroom nootropic blends.Unlike other hallucinogenic mushrooms...