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| | Mushroom Poisoning -- eCureMe.com |
 | | Mushrooms are illegal to sell or take, but in recent years there has been an increase in use by high school and college students. |
| | Psilocybin, psilocin (magic mushrooms), and mescaline (in peyote cactus) -- are known as psycho-active chemicals, which closely resemble a group of normal chemicals in the brain (i.e., seratonin and norepinephrine) that convey messages from one nerve cell to another. |
| | When dry or powdered mushrooms are eaten, the psychoactive chemicals (competing with normal brain chemicals) cause changes in body function, mood, and behavior. |
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