Young People Are Really Loving Shrooms Lately

According to the research journal Addiction, never before have young adults in the US taken so many “magic” mushrooms. The study shows that from 2018 to 2021, 6.6% of Americans aged 19 to 30 used non-LSD hallucinogens of some sort. Taking shrooms was most prevalent among young males, white people, and those whose parents have a rather high educational status. Also, The Hill has reported that by 2021, 8% of young adults in the US used hallucinogens - the highest known rate since the 1980s. 1971 saw a hallucinogens boom, and a Gallup poll found that 18% of college students had experimented with psilocybin mushrooms. The use of such drugs has decreased over the past few years, most likely due to the legalization of cannabis in a lot of states. Oregon has recently become the first state to start teaching the controlled use of magic mushrooms.