Calls to US poison centers spiked after ‘magic mushrooms’ were decriminalized

 Calls to US poison centers spiked after ‘magic mushrooms’ were decriminalized

Researchers found a sharp rise in calls to US poison centers about magic mushrooms coincided with their decriminalization in several US cities and states.

Calls to poison control centers spiked across the U.S. for adolescents and young adults exposed to the hallucinogen psilocybin, according to our analysis of data from 55 U.S. poison centers between 2…