Magic Mushrooms

• Canadian patients call for easier access to therapeutic psilocybin

  Getting magic mushrooms for recreational use is getting easier, but those needing exemptions for therapy have received 'radio silence' from Health Canada.

  Health

  Jan 13
  
• Hamilton Police shut down magic mushroom shop within hours of doors opening

  Just three hours into the second day of business for the "Mushroom Cabinet," police obtained a warrant and shut it down.

  Cannabis

  Dec 14, 2022
  
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• Drugs, firearms, and more seized at Waterloo home: police

  A man and a woman from Waterloo are facing a number of charges after a search warrant was executed at a home on Thursday.

  Crime

  Dec 8, 2022
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• 6 charged after unlicensed Toronto dispensary sells magic mushroom, cannabis products: police

  Six people are facing charges after officers executed a search warrant at an unlicensed Toronto business that sold magic mushroom and cannabis products, police say. 

  Crime

  Nov 29, 2022
• 8 garbage bags of magic mushrooms, marijuana and guns seized in Greenwood, B.C. raid

  All three individuals were held in custody pending a bail hearing and have subsequently been released with multiple conditions, including not to possess any firearms or ammunition.

  Crime

  Nov 15, 2022
• Police search Toronto business allegedly selling magic mushrooms

  Toronto police said they were involved in an investigation into a business called Shroomyz operating in the area of Queen Street West and Denison Avenue.

  Crime

  Nov 13, 2022
• Waterloo police seize cannabis, magic mushrooms and more at Kitchener home

  The total value of drugs and cash seized was around $140,000. A 30-year-old Kitchener man was arrested and charged.

  Crime

  Nov 8, 2022
• University of Guelph to grow magic mushrooms for research

  The university hopes to create a reliable supply of the mushrooms to determine which compounds can provide medicinal and therapeutic benefits.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2022
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• Police in Brantford, Guelph and Brant County seize large amount of drugs in raid

  A total of $213,704 worth of illicit drugs were seized, including cocaine, crystal meth, magic mushrooms and fentanyl. Six people are facing charges.

  Crime

  Aug 15, 2022
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• CAMH to study whether ‘magic mushrooms’ can treat depression without psychedelic effect

  CAMH says it has been awarded Canada's first federal grant to study the effects of a psychedelic chemical component in "magic mushrooms" on treatment-resistant depression.

  Health

  Jul 27, 2022