The sale of psilocybin mushrooms, also known as magic mushrooms, has boomed in Canada’s back alleys and online. A recent study found 57 dispensaries across the country, most of them selling products that make unverified health claims. In some neighbourhoods, there were four mushroom shops within a kilometre.
Buy psychedelics online, which is legal in Canada, but the cultivation, production and sale of magic mushrooms is illegal. However, the proliferation of these stores seems to be encouraging a new wave of psychedelic enthusiasts. The number of people subscribing to forums on microdosing, a low-dose self-medication method, has more than doubled since 2018, and Google searches with the words “psilocybin,” “mushroom” and “shop” have been increasing.
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A Vancouver man named Trevor owns an online store called Filament Health, which sells psilocybin-infused chocolate bars and other edibles. The company says it is the first to market in Canada, and its website boasts that it has a customer base that spans the world.
The business has been around for two years and hasn’t been raided yet. He credits this to his careful marketing. He has also benefited from the re-emergence of interest in psilocybin as a potential medical treatment. “There’s a lot of money flowing into psychedelic research,” he says. “It’s the next big thing.” He believes that once researchers get approval to test psilocybin as psychedelic therapy, the popularity of the mushrooms will grow. “People will buy the mushrooms, use them and want to buy more.” The psychedelics will be sold for recreational purposes, as well as for scientific experiments.
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