Trends Mushrooms laced with GHB in Oklahoma

[turkeyphant]

Report from Microgram showing what appear to be psilocybe mushrooms but they contain no psilocybin/psilocin and instead test positive for GHB. Meth cooks these days...

Originally Posted by Microgram

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Central Regional Laboratory (Oklahoma City) recently received a dark brown glass jar containing apparent psilocybe mushrooms (see Photo 1). The exhibit was seized at a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory by the Midwest City Police Department (Midwest City is a suburb of Oklahoma City). The mushrooms (total net mass approximately 3 grams) had the texture and odor typical of psilocybe mushrooms; however, derivatization with bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA) followed by analysis by GC and GC/MS indicated neither psilocin or psilocybin but rather gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB; not quantitated, but a rather low loading based on the gas chromatogram). This is the first ever submission of GHB-laced mushrooms to the laboratory.

[Editor’s Notes: The analyst in this case has analyzed several dozen cases of psilocybe mushrooms, and feels that these were in fact psilocybe mushrooms that had been intentionally laced with GHB. It is unclear why the mushrooms were negative for psilocin or psilocybin.]

[Nagognog2]

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!

I wonder what they really are. But I sure hope they don't start raiding my favorite Asian market shops for the dried shiitake's and cloud-ears I so love. Maybe the Republikans cut a deal with the B & B Mushroom Company to outlaw every other mushroom on the market in exchange for a couple million $ in contributions.

GHB mushrooms? Psilocybe's without the psilocybin? The Emporer's New Clothes? NEXT!

[Alfa]

Maybe the analyst should clean his GC/MS next time. GHB laced mushrooms. Sure!