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caffeine only needs 190 mg per kilogram of body weight to have a 50/50 chance of killing you, whereas you would need 280 mg per kilogram of body weight of psilocybin.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I want to do the 25 gram trip then.

[–] Varyk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

go for it.

Physiologically safe, FDA recommended, non-habit-forming.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@[email protected]

I would recommend against it. While 25g of MUSHROOMS doesn't contain enough psilocybin to be anything close to lethal, it does contain enough to potentially be an extremely bad time. As someone who got stoned watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off and accidentally continued snacking on the almost 28g of mushrooms left in the bag....hard pass. Never again.

[–] Varyk 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

@[email protected]

Setting is important and that sounds like a terrible movie to do mushrooms on, especially with the creepy mannequin in the beginning.

That said, I think if people are following general recommended procedures, they should try magic mushrooms.

magic mushrooms are physiologically safe, mind-broadening, non-habit forming, even therapeutically recommended by the FDA.

if you're texting while driving you can crash your car, but that doesn't mean you should never drive.

especially if you want to go somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Makes for a very different morning tho...

[–] Varyk 2 points 1 week ago

Heck yeah it does.

[–] QuoVadisHomines 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The LD50 isn’t the concern rather it is the psychological harm that can come about from bad trips.

[–] Varyk -1 points 1 week ago

toxicity is a concern.

psychological risks concerning mushrooms are extremely low.

much lower than the movies or rumors online might make you think.

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/psilocybin-magic-mushrooms#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+risk+of+mental+health%2Cuse+outside+of+clinical+settings.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It isn't pointless if you wanted to poison someone with psilocybin and had a misconception about the LD50. It'd be a really useful, helpful fact, actually. So, uhh. Thanks OP. I almost made a terrible mistake.

[–] dirtydocmark 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I wish my enemies were as cool as you. We probably wouldn't be enemies though so whats the arc even at that point.

[–] Varyk 3 points 1 week ago

I appreciate your pointless comment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Will it help keep me awake if I take twice as much as usual, then?

[–] QueenHawlSera 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I should buy some shroom chocolate

[–] Varyk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

chocolate was actually my first introduction to shrooms.

it was pretty great. I laughed for a very long time with a friend, and was like "yea. this is good."

and I didn't even know how safe it was then, haha.