08/21/2024

Mushroom Edibles are Making People Sick

Scientists still don't know why

Dr. Michael Moss couldn't explain why the man in his hospital's ICU had started convulsing after trying a chocolate bar, but he knew there was more to the story.

The patient recounted eating a mushroomed-infused candy, packaged with trippy artwork — and purchased legally at a local store.

He'd been flown in over the weekend from a rural hospital to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where Moss, a toxicologist, is medical director of the Utah Poison Control Center.

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