As the use of buy mushrooms online canada drugs, commonly known as magic mushrooms, surges in the workplace and public, storefront retailers of these mind-altering fungi are popping up across Canada. They’re challenging existing rules on psilocybin and drawing attention from police. But legal experts say these shops aren’t likely to significantly advance acceptance of the substances.
Dana Larsen’s shop is tucked away in Osborne Village, a neighbourhood of hip eateries and vintage stores. His gray exterior hides a mosaic of psychedelia, including paintings of Incan gods spewing fire and lightning. Inside, he sells mushroom caps and a few items like hemp lip balms and stoner-centric comic books.
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His online shop has been open for just five days and he already has 40 customers. He says he hopes to debunk some of the myths surrounding mushrooms and encourage people to try them out responsibly. “It’s a drug that’s been stigmatized since the ’60s and we’re aiming to demystify it,” he said.
Larsen is also hoping to open a brick-and-mortar location, possibly in the downtown core. But he admits that his operations are illegal as long as the sale, production, cultivation and importation of psilocybin remains prohibited under federal criminal law.
The Vancouver Police Department says it’s aware of the shop but that psilocybin remains an illicit controlled substance until Health Canada grants a Special Access Program or Section 56 exemption. It’s not a priority enforcement target for officers at the moment, the department says.
