The public’s perception of the harms of magic mushrooms is in line with science – but not with the law
The study, which appears in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, found that psilocybin-containing mushrooms are considered less dangerous than alcohol, tobacco, and other substances.
For their study, the researchers asked 151 participants to rank the dangerousness of ten different substances: alcohol, tobacco, prescription opiates, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, magic mushrooms, cannabis, LSD, and GHB… participants considered magic mushrooms to be relatively safe compared to the other substances.
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The public’s perception of the harms of magic mushrooms is in line with science – but not with the law
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