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Varyk@sh.itjust.works

YSK that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, is 50% less toxic than caffeine. (sh.itjust.works)

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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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[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I should buy some shroom chocolate

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 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.