Psilocin and Psilocybin in Canada are both classified as Schedule lll drugs under Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act(CDSA). After all, he sells mushrooms from a website: Similar to cannabis compassion clubs that served medical cannabis consumers prior to legalization, he sells microdoses of psilocybin to Canadians who can provide medical documentation with qualifying diagnoses. At this level, there is no strong psychoactive effect, but there is a reduction in stress or anxiety, and a variety of psychological benefits.” Although buying shrooms online in canada a prescription is not required, new patients do need to provide proof of the medical ailment they are seeking to treat with the microdoses.
In 2017, Tobin submitted an application to Health Canada requesting a special exemption to the current drug laws that would allow him to procure synthetic psilocybin and provide it to a group of terminal cancer patients who are experiencing end-of-life distress for which other treatments haven't worked. While the medical potential of magic mushrooms seems to be gaining clout, Canada has no plans to decriminalize the plant and its mind-altering compounds, despite little evidence that people can become physically or psychologically dependent on the drug. The interesting thing we are finding is that it is a pharmaceutical company but in psychedelics it is not as expensive as the typical drug development process,” Mr. Gertner said in an interview, noting much more clinical research has been done on psilocybin compared to, say, cannabis.
While he believes Canada's year-old marijuana laws still need to be improved, Larsen is now using cannabis's route to legalization as a map for a new frontier: magic mushrooms, a drug in the same class of psychedelics as LSD and mescaline under the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). Working from the 7,000 square-foot Numinus Bioscience research facility and laboratory, senior research scientists Dr. Kristina Grotzinger and Dr. Bernd Keller will focus on developing a proprietary extraction method from mushrooms to allow for consistent dosing and application of naturally produced psilocybin.
Founded in 2019 by Larsen, The Mushroom Dispensary says it's dedicated to the benefits of microdoses of psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic purposes.” The dispensary's website describes a microdose as a dose around 5% to 10% of a typical ‘psychedelic' level dose. For those interested in learning more, check out The Mushroom Dispensary's website here Larsen is hopeful that the Canadian courts will recognize the medicinal value of psilocybin in the same way that it did for cannabis in the lead up to legalization.