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You can buy magic mushroom candy bars over the counter in Oakland
You can buy magic mushroom candy bars over the counter in Oakland
Buying magic mushrooms in the Bay Area has always been about knowing where to go and who to ask. However, in the wake of Oakland’s 2019 decision to decriminalize naturally occuring psychedelics—including psilocybin, the active hallucinogenic compound found in shrooms—the options for obtaining the popular psychedelic have grown considerably.
Earlier this month, for example, acquiring a chocolate bar stuffed with dried psilocybe cubensis mushrooms was as simple as driving to one of the Oakland retailers listed on the website of Bliss Mushrooms and forking over $45. It was, all things considered, a remarkably seamless transaction—though it does raise a few questions.
Chief among them: Is buying a dosed chocolate bar from a headshop actually legal? The answer, according to the Oakland Police Department, is still to be known.
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Bliss Mushrooms, far from keeping a low profile expected of an illegal operator, placed a full-page ad in California Leaf Magazine and lists seven Oakland smoke shops on their website where their products can be purchased. Zide Door Church of Entheogenic Plants in Oakland also offers psilocybin products and has faced police raids and confiscations. A representative for Bliss Mushrooms, going by Saint, said in an interview with The Standard that the company has operated for over two decades, initially with a low profile, but has become bolder since 2019. The Standard couldn’t confirm Saint’s account, but the company seems to have grown significantly.
According to the Bliss website, the brand now sells a variety of chocolate bars and microdose shroom capsules. n seven Oakland smoke shops—stores that sell tobacco products and glass pipes, not licensed cannabis dispensaries.
At present, the Bliss Mushrooms line includes psilocybin-spiked chocolate bars like “The Firecracker” and the “Scarlet ‘Ruby Couverture.’” They even have an option called “Holy Grail,” which is supposed to be extra potent. The brightly colored packaging features a full ingredient list, non-GMO certification. A batch number which corresponds to test results conducted by Hayward’s Harrens Lab Inc.
To confirm the presence of the purported active ingredients in the Bliss line. The Standard took two bars—“Magic Mushroom Chocolate” and “Holy Grail”—to Harrens, where the samples were tested for a number of psychedelic compounds, including psilocybin and psilocin. (It’s worth noting that the lab made headlines in the cannabis industry periodical MJBizDaily. Last year when it had its license revoked, then reinstated through a court settlement.)
The results from the lab confirmed that both Bliss Mushrooms samples submitted did indeed contain psilocybin. Psilocin in quantities consistent with what the brand advertises on its website and packaging. You can buy magic mushroom candy bars over the counter in Oakland
