Serious health risk and even death may result due to eating the wrong kinds of mushrooms.

• The trip tends to be shorter or milder.

• Depending on the dose the effects are felt approximately half an hour after consuming the fungi and peak about three hours, once a trip has started, it is not possible to stop it or control it.

• Experiences are variable and dependent on the user's mood, environment and intentions.
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• If the user is unstable, anxious depressed, unused to consuming the mushrooms hallucinogenic fungi, then he or she may experience more extreme levels of emotions. They may also experience dizziness, disorientation and sometimes a short- lived psychotic experience including paranoia and hallucinations. (hallucinations are false perceptions without external stimuli i.e. senses are adversely effected)

• Magic mushrooms produce feelings of hilarity, euphoria, excitement, and relaxation, dilated pupils, increased pulse rate and high blood pressure.
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Risks
• Taking Magic mushrooms can cause stomach pains, nausea and vomiting. Bad trips can occur and there is no going back until the effects have worn off.

• As with L.S.D. the user can experience "flashbacks" (briefly reliving part of a trip some time after the events). Even if the "Trip" was not unpleasant the first time round, the flashback can be.

• Like any hallucinogen, it can complicate existing mental problems. Bad "trips" are more likely to occur with users who are depressed or have mental problems.

• Serious health risk and even death may result due to eating the wrong kinds of mushrooms. It is difficult to distinguish halluanogenic fungi from their poisonous and sometimes deadly hallucinogenic relatives.
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Law
• Magic mushrooms are controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act. It is therefore illegal to possess, produce or supply them.
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First-aid response
What to do if the user feels tense and anxious
• Don't panic.

• Remove user to a quiet non-stimulating environment.

• Reassure them everything is alright.

• Encourage them to breathe slowly and deeply to prevent hyperventilation.

• Remove to hospital if worried or unsure.

• Give full explanation to hospital staff.

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