Magic Mushrooms

• Questions arise about future of Vancouver stores selling magic mushrooms

  Confusion remains about the future of retail stores selling magic mushrooms in Vancouver.

  Politics

  Apr 13
  
• Police raid magic mushroom dispensaries in Cambridge and Kitchener

  The raids took place at the Fun Guyz stores on King Street East and Waterloo Street North in Cambridge and Victoria Street South and Park Street in Kitchener.

  Crime

  Apr 11
  
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• No magic at city council for Vancouver mushroom dispensaries as retail framework rejected

  Vancouver city council has rejected an attempt to create a licensing framework for retail stores selling magic mushrooms and other psychoactive ethnogens.

  Politics

  Apr 10
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• Vancouver magic mushroom dispensary gets business licence back

  Two Green Party councillors, Pete Fry and Adriane Carr, argued there isn’t a clear licence category for the business to apply to.

  Canada

  Mar 6
• MLA outraged by ‘gift’ of magic mushrooms, coca leaf from B.C. drug activist

  Longtime cannabis legalization activist Dana Larsen, who now operates what he describes as medicinal mushroom dispensaries, sent packages to all 87 B.C. MLAs this Christmas.

  Politics

  Jan 2
• Police say $49K in ‘psychedelic mushroom’ products seized in raid of store

  One person was arrested at the Shroomyz magic mushroom shop at the time of the raid on Tuesday, Kingston police said.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2023
• Man arrested after $11.7M worth of magic mushrooms found in Connecticut home

  21-year-old Weston Soule was arrested at his home after special officers say they found hundreds of bags of psychedelic mushrooms on the property.

  U.S. News

  Nov 10, 2023
• Vancouver police raid trio of magic mushroom dispensaries

  In a media release, Vancouver police alleged the stores were buying controlled substances and selling them in bulk quantities to walk-in customers. 

  Crime

  Nov 1, 2023
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• Loyalist becomes first college in Canada to receive licence for psilocybin research

  Loyalist College in Belleville, Ont., has received the green light from Health Canada to conduct applied research into the use of magic mushrooms in treating mental health issues.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2023
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• 60 kg of magic mushrooms, 200 kg of marijuana seized as RCMP raid 3 Ontario properties

  RCMP say the investigation began when 1,365 marijuana plants were found on a property in Melanchthon, which is located about 60 km north of Brampton.

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2023