Doctors ran tests and found that mushrooms growing inside his veins.

A man injected himself with mushrooms and the fungi took over his blood

Shroom Doom

A man injected mushrooms instead of eating them, and the fungi started to grow inside his bloodstream. Learn why this caused organ failure.

Man Injected Mushrooms & They Took Over His Blood | Futurism

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.insider.com/man-injected-with-mushrooms-grew-in-blood-caused-organ-failure-2021-1">A man injected himself with &#8216;magic&#8217; mushrooms and the fungi grew in his blood, which put him into organ failure</a> [Insider]

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Organic Chemistry

The fungi treated his blood like any other damp, dark place.

A Man Injected Himself With Mushrooms and the Fungi Took Over His Blood

"If, in my lifetime, I can help to build a marketplace where people can access safe, standard medicine, that would be glorious for me."

Meet the woman who wants to sell psychedelic drugs to scientists

Local Drugstore

Havn Life wants to build a safe, standardized supply chain for psilocybin researchers in Canada so they can develop new medical treatments.

Meet the Woman Who Wants to Sell Psychedelic Drugs to Scientists

More on psilocybin: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/canadian-startup-building-shroom-farm-in-jamaica">This Startup Is Building a Huge Magic Mushroom Farm in Jamaica</a>

Rx/Medicines

"We all had to hide for so long and grow massive crops in indoor spaces without being arrested."

It all comes down to blocking one key neurotransmitter.

Neuroscientists: This is how shrooms break down your sense of self

Brain on Drugs

Colloquially speaking, those findings about shrooms could point to the neurological difference between a "good trip" and a "bad trip."

Neuroscientists: This Is How Shrooms Break Down Your Sense of Self

More on psilocybin: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/canadian-startup-building-shroom-farm-in-jamaica">This Startup Is Building a Huge Magic Mushroom Farm in Jamaica</a>

Studies

This could explain the difference between a good trip and a bad trip.

"...we are positioning the company to be a true, fully-integrated leader and innovator in the cultivation, processing, and formulation of psilocybin and functional mushroom products."

A Canadian startup is building a high-tech shroom farm in Jamaica

Buy Local

A Canadian startup called Anahit Therapeutics is trying to get ahead of the psilocybin legalization curve by building cultivation facilities in Jamaica.

This Startup is Building a Huge Magic Mushroom Farm in Jamaica

It's betting big on the future — and science — of psilocybin.

It takes the guesswork out of microdosing psychedelics.

This startup made a nose spray for microdosing psilocybin

Pump It Up

Oregon startup Silo Wellness created a nasal spray that delivers precise amounts of the magic mushroom compound psilocybin with each pump for microdosing.

This Startup Made a Nose Spray for Microdosing Psilocybin

READ MORE: <a href="https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/silo-wellness-magic-mushroom-nose-spray-psilocybin-psychedelic-microdosing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The start-up behind a magic mushroom nose spray for psychedelic microdosing</a> [New Atlas]

More on microdosing: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/moms-tech-microdosing-magic-mushrooms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Moms Are Microdosing Magic Mushrooms, Just Like Tech Execs</a>

"Legalization is inevitable."

This could help bring the magic mushroom compound to the masses.

Researchers gene-hacked E. coli to produce psilocybin

Beneficial Bacteria

Researchers have found a way to coax the bacteria E. coli to produce psilocybin as a byproduct, potentially opening the door to mass production.

Researchers Gene-Hacked E. Coli to Produce Psilocybin

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-made-a-bacterium-that-poops-out-psilocybin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scientists Engineered a Bacterium That Poops Out Huge Amounts of Psilocybin</a> [ScienceAlert]

More on psilocybin: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/magic-mushrooms-replace-antidepressants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professor: “Magic Mushrooms” Could Replace Antidepressants</a>

Mental Health

We need a way to mass produce this promising psychedelic compound. This could be it.

This startup is developing tea, coffee infused with psilocybin

Drink Up

A Denver beverage company is developing teas and coffees infused with psilocybin, the compound that gives "magic mushrooms" hallucinogenic properties.

This Startup Is Developing Tea, Coffee Infused With Psilocybin

They're taking the "magic" out of shrooms and putting it in your morning mocha.

This is a new frontier in America's relationship with drugs.

Denver becomes first U.S. city to decriminalize "magic mushrooms"

Shroom Vroom

Denver became the first city in the US to decriminalize psilocybin, a compound with hallucinogenic properties that occurs in some "magic mushrooms."

Denver Becomes First U.S. City to Decriminalize “Magic Mushrooms”

"Because psilocybin has such tremendous medical potential, there’s no reason individuals should be criminalized."

Magic mushrooms "reset" key brain circuits in depressed people

Health & Medicine

Scientists from the Imperial College London found that psilocybin, the active psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, can "reset" brain activity.

Magic Mushrooms "Reset" Key Brain Circuits in Depressed People

It may give individuals the temporary kick-start they need to break out of their depressive states.

Magic Mushrooms “Reset” Key Brain Circuits in Depressed People

The use of hallucinogens as medicine shows promise, but faces significant hurdles.

After decades of abandonment, psychedelics are getting new attention from research suggesting these medicines can treat addiction, depression, and PTSD.

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