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...
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...