Mushrooms
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Sean Weisbrot: Psilocybin acts as a serotonin inhibitor without antidepressant withdrawal symptoms
“Mushrooms are a natural serotonin uptake inhibitor. Just like these you know, these antidepressants, however, they don't have the awful withdrawal symptoms. You know, it doesn't take months to get off of. You can start it and stop it whenever you want. So it's…”
Weisbrot discloses he microdoses mushrooms but hasn't taken full trips
“Now, I have not taken a hallucinogenic trip, but I do microdose mushrooms, so I don't get that ego split.”
Psilocybin mushrooms are actually easier to cultivate than cannabis plants
“Mushrooms are actually easier than cannabis to grow”
The US will not see widespread recreational use of psilocybin mushrooms
“Even though mushrooms are being decriminalized, I don't think there's going to be much recreational use in America.”
Arora: Commercial Mushrooms Are Traditionally Cultivated on Cut Virgin Tree Logs
“Traditionally, mushrooms are grown on virgin trees being cut down for their logs, mainly overseas as a substrate to grow mushrooms.”
Velez: Mushrooms fruit in response to environmental shock
“They only grow when they think they're gonna die. So you have to immediately go from a dark room to a light room. You have to go from a dry room to a really humid room. So with those shocks, mushrooms get scared, and they begin to fruit, and that takes about 1…”