Transcript By Leigh Morgan

Mushrooms
The Mind Altering Drug
By Leigh Morgan
How Mushrooms Work on the Brain
The poisoning toxics in
the mushrooms called
psilocybin which is
converted as psilocin in
our bodies, this imitates
the action of the
neurotransmitter
serotonin to produce the
mushroom effect by
acting on our central
nervous system very
much like the drug LDS
does
Short Term Effect
The high can start with in 20 minutes after ingesting
the drug
Euphoria
The peak high is between 30-45 minutes and last for
two hours
Nausea
Slight increase in blood pressure
Slight increase in heart rate
Short Term Effect
Cont..
Dilated Pupils
Strange gait and changes in posture
Increase in motor activity such as fidgeting
Immediate perspiring
For the first four hours lowered body temp then
high body temp
Rapid breathing
Short Term Effect
Cont..
Decrease in blood potassium
Increase in need to urinate and defecate
Flushing of skin often accompanied by shivering
and chills
Increase salivation
Sensations of hot and cold
A sense of calmness for OCD patients
After Effects
Stomach problems
Cramping
Nausea
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Effects are normal because mushrooms are a
fungi
Long term Effects
There are no reported long term effects because
there have not been enough studies done on the
drug
A user could have flash backs every once in a
while and for small amounts of time
People on Mushrooms
Good Effects
A study done by John Hopkins, that had 18
healthy adults, at an average age of 46 that
participated in five eight-hour drug sessions
reported these effects
The psilocybin in the mushrooms triggers
transformative spiritual state
Good effect Cont..
Helps people find peace in their lives without the
negative effects
It optimize the positive persistent effects and
avoid some of the fear and anxiety that can
occur, as long as the dose is right
Good Trip Vs Bad Trip
A good trip will give a hallucinations with colors that are more vibrant
That you can notice the tiny details that you don’t usually see
Hear music sounds richer and louder
Feel blissful with flashes of insight into you and or the world
See objects merging into each other and or fell yourself dissolving
A bad trip will make you feel like you are in your worst nightmare but you can not
get out
This will give you terrifying hallucinations that can result in several hours with
disturbing images that can make you feel anxious and afraid
Your emotional state can intensified the trip
History of Mushrooms
The drug was used back in prehistoric times for
religious ceremonies to try to contact the gods
and or spirit world
The drug is traced back to bronze age which is
about 3000 BC maybe even to the Mesolithic
period which is about 9000 BC
Also used by ancient people to numb the senses
to the pain of illness and or injury
History Con...
In the 1960’s and the counterculture movement
of the early 70’s picked up research on the drug
and flocked to Mexico and Latin America in
search of the “divine high”
This area nearly destroyed the isolated native
cultures
This drug has uprooted our culture in the past
few years along with variations of the drug
Facts
There is over 50,00 known species of
mushrooms only about two percent of them are
hallucinogenic
This two percent breaks down into two kinds the
Amanita Muscaria also know as the Fly Agaric
and Psilocybe Mexican
The street name is Shrooms
Facts Cont..
The drug does not get digested through our
bodies like food so some users will drink there
own urine over and over again to get the full
effect
The average dose of the drug is 100 to 200
micrograms per kilogram of body weight
The scientific name for the poison mushrooms is
Mycetism
Facts Cont...
These types of mushrooms usually popup after
natural disastrous like a hurricane. Moisture,
humidity, the wind, and temperature is perfect
climate for the mushrooms
Both full moons and lunar elements are
associated with mushroom growths
Fly Agaric
Red capped mushrooms that
attract flies and yet poisonous
to the flies
Use to put around house to kill
flies
The alkaloids from the drug do
not break down in our system
A high can last a week
The most famous ones still
found in United Kingdom, North
Europe and North America
Psilocybe Mexican
This contains the
psilocybin or psilocin
that give it the
hallucinogenic
It grows in hot and
humid areas like
animal feces
Aztecs used it in
sacrificing humans
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