Shrooms Canada Becomes a Legal Magic Mushroom Shop

“Magic mushrooms” are mushroom-like fungi that contain the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. The consumption of magic mushrooms can make you see, hear and feel things that are not there (hallucinations). They can cause anxiety, fear, nausea and muscle twitches. It is illegal to grow, sell or possess magic mushrooms in Canada. You can only legally take them if you are part of a research study or with special permission from Health Canada with your doctor.

For most of the last four decades, it has been illegal in Canada to grow or even own magic Shrooms Canada . But now, just like cannabis before it became legal, a handful of people are ignoring the law.

In a tiny store on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive, a handful of regulars browsed the shelves at Shrooms Canada, where they could find fresh or dried mushrooms and mushroom extracts. Owner Jeremy Larsen was selling to a clientele that seemed to include both young and old.

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Unlike a few dozen other mushroom shops across the country, Larsen’s is operating openly and without any sign that police will shut it down. That’s not entirely surprising, says Eugene Oscapella, a Toronto lawyer who specializes in drug policy. He recalls the heyday of marijuana dispensaries that defied police and mounted legal challenges to archaic laws in the 1990s.

The legal status of mushrooms containing the psychedelic substance psilocybin has been a confusing issue for decades in Canada. But now with a burgeoning interest in the psychotherapeutic properties of magic mushrooms, and the potential for psilocybin to treat mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression or help dying patients cope, there is a push to change that.