Most Magic mushroom users consume the mushroom by eating it directly or making it into a teacup. Smoking magic mushrooms is another way that gas has been unlocked for consuming magic mushrooms. Some people prefer to mix it with their weed or tobacco for an awesome experience.
There is an opinion that magic mushrooms’ full effects won’t be realized if you smoke them. Most users have described the feeling of taking magic mushrooms directly as magical. Smoking magic mushrooms might not give that expected effect.
Though others are still of the opinion that smoking magic mushrooms give another experience and feeling entirely. Let’s explore all these possibilities as we move on.
Can You Smoke Magic Mushrooms?
Yes, you can smoke magic mushrooms. Those who do normally mix shroom pieces in with tobacco or cannabis in a joint. As these additional substances have their own effects on the body, they can alter the mushroom experience as well. But the biggest difference from consuming shrooms in the “traditional” way has to do with the psychoactive prodrug psilocybin. It just so happens that psilocybin and smoking don’t really go together all too well.
How to smoke Magic Mushrooms?
Just grinding up some shrooms and smoking them in a joint won’t work, as your dried shrooms will likely still be too moist to burn well—and that’s not even mentioning the bad taste! Let’s assume instead you’ll be mixing your magic mushrooms with weed or other, more innocuous herbs like catnip or damiana.
Some choose to eat shrooms alongside smoking them for an enhanced effect, but we recommend you exercise extreme caution here. This obviously presents a much greater risk of experiencing a bad trip.
Research.
1In the Netherlands, the prevalence of magic mushroom use was declining since 2000 (last year prevalence of 6.3% in 2000 to 2.9% in 2005), and further declined after possession, and use became illegal in December 2008.
The CAM ( Coordination point assessment and monitoring new drugs) concluded that magic mushrooms’ physical and psychological dependence potential was low. Acute toxicity was moderate, chronic toxicity low, and public health and criminal aspects negligible. The combined use of mushrooms and alcohol and the quality of the setting in which magic mushrooms are used deserve, however, attention. In conclusion, the use of magic mushrooms is relatively safe as only a few and relatively mild adverse effects have been reported.
Benefits of Smoking Magic Mushrooms.
Scientists have not conducted enough research as to the advantage of smoking magic mushrooms. These mushrooms have known effects that are known to come up among those who make use of it. The spiritual feeling of euphoria, the relaxed feeling, and so on. Essentially, smoking magic mushrooms provides a more tempered version of the trip experienced when ingesting mushrooms. Riding these waves of emotion during a good trip can cause you to feel the following:
- Increased creativity.
Just like smoking marijuana, many have testified to the increased creativity that comes when smoking magic mushrooms. This is common among most smokers of psychoactive substances. Most of these smokers smoke magic mushrooms when they need inspiration for creativity.
- Mind-blowing sensations
Smoking magic mushrooms give a physical feeling or rush of excitement in the body. When the magic mushroom is ingested, contact with the body can lead to physical perception.
- Enhancement of mood
Smoking magic mushrooms help to uplift and change the mood of the users.
- Reduced Psychoactive experience.
Psilocybin, which is the key chemical precursor to the psychedelic alkaloid psilocin, has a low flash point of 523.4°C. At temperatures above that, psilocybin is destroyed, and thus the shrooms lose their effectiveness. The problem: a joint or pipe will burn at a much higher temperature, easily reaching 800–900°C. The result is that there won’t be much left inside your magic mushrooms when you inhale. This is also the reason why those who smoke shrooms normally ingest them orally at the same time or use weed or other substances to augment the psychoactive effects.
Dangers of Smoking Magic Mushrooms.
There are general toxic disadvantages of smoking magic Mushrooms, but the focus here is the dangers involved with smoking magic Mushrooms. These include ;
- Risk of Lung diseases.
This is a regular and general side effect of smoking. Smokes possess different types of poisonous gas that damages the lung and blood vessels. This could even increase your risk of having lung cancer. This applies to smoking magic Mushrooms alone or smoking magic Mushrooms with weed or tobacco.
- Mold spores
Smoking shrooms also carries extra risk for your lungs by way of mold spores. Inhaling certain types of mold increases your risk of lung inflammation and infections. If you have a mold allergy, preexisting lung condition, or a weakened immune system, inhaling certain mold species can have serious health consequences.
- Bad trips
When smoking magic mushrooms, the psychoactive effects that it produces could also lead to bad trips in the body. This can lead to anxiety, panic attack, hallucinations, and so on. It can even distort your reality, thus preventing you from distinguishing between fantasy and reality.
- Immediate Physical side effects.
Smoking magic mushrooms could lead to some immediate side effects that might have a long-lasting impact on the body. It could also lead to terminal diseases in the body. These include:
- increased heart rate and blood pressure
- nausea and vomiting
- increased body temperature
- abdominal cramps and diarrhea
- muscle weakness
- uncoordinated movement
- Mental effects
Smoking magic mushrooms in large quantities can take your mind far away from reality which might lead to a psychological problem. This can lead you to do things that you won’t do normally and might end up regretting.
Conclusion.
There is no doubt that ingesting magic mushrooms by mouth is the most effective way to trip. After all, psychonauts have long been doing it this way, and to great effect! There are very few convincing reasons to switch over to smoking magic mushrooms, and perhaps the main impetus behind it is to just see what happens. But for those with a limited shroom supply, smoking them appears to waste more than it’s worth; if you can’t get the full psilocybin from your shrooms, what’s the point, anyway? Still, the adventurous psychonauts among us are always eager to experiment and pave the way for novel methods of ingestion.
Reference.
1). van Amsterdam J, Opperhuizen A, van den Brink W. Harm potential of magic mushroom use: a review. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2011 Apr;59(3):423-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.y rtph.2011.01.006. Epub 2011 Jan 21. PMID: 21256914.
