MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
April 9, 2026
Jelonia T. Rumph, Andrea Winquist, Alyssa N. Troeschel et al.
In late spring 2024, CDC was alerted to an outbreak of poisoning potentially associated with eating Diamond Shruumz microdosing chocolate bars. Diamond Shruumz microdosing chocolate bars are edible products designed so that small doses of mushroom-derived psychoactive compounds and other psychoactive ingredients can be eaten in a presectioned serving. In response to this alert, CDC and the Food...
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
January 9, 2025
Heather L. Walker, Maureen Roland, Steven Dudley et al.
1 citation
In June 2024, Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) was notified by Arizona's poison control centers (PCCs)* of adverse health outcomes occurring after ingestion of a Diamond Shruumz-brand product containing proprietary blends of mushroom extracts and adaptogens.† These products were sold as chocolate bars, gummies, and cones and could be purchased online or at local retailers...
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...
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
May 31, 2019
Joanne Taylor, S. Holzbauer, D. Wanduragala et al.
In October, 2018, a middle-aged ethnic Karen* man from Burma was evaluated at a hospital emergency department with altered mental status, vomiting, diarrhea, incontinence, sweating, swelling of the lip and tongue, and excessive salivation. Signs and symptoms began approximately 2–3 hours after eating mushrooms at home. The patient was admitted for supportive treatment, including endotracheal...