Magic mushrooms in hospital

A better kind of magic mushroom

I try to avoid, as much as I can, writing about hallucinogenic mushrooms. Partly because I disapprove of taking drugs in general: it is difficult enough to understand this complicated world even without confusing your brain with foreign substances. But also because fungal drug abuse is a cliche similar to lethal mushroom poisoning.

This blog aims to promote fungi as a valuable natural resource with great constructive potential, and the fact that some representatives of this kingdom can be toxic or hallucinogenic does not support the concept. So I try to pretend that these topics do not exist. Ignore them, and maybe they'll go away.

However, in cases when humour value of a news story is such as this one, I just have to write about it.

In a nutshell: a mental patient was kicked out of a hospital for consuming magic mushrooms that he found growing in the smoking area. Given the £5m cost of the facility, you have to wonder how it happened that the patch wasn't concreted over. I've heard that funny mushrooms can be used for treating certain mental conditions, but somehow I doubt that the medical facility in question is that advanced...

Image credit:
Magic mushrooms