Current situation regarding psychedelics and magic mushroom in Korea
J. S. Seo

TL;DR
This paper discusses the current status of psychedelic mushrooms in Korea, including their potential medical uses and legal restrictions.
Contribution
The paper reviews wild hallucinogenic mushrooms in Korea and highlights the need for clinical studies on psychedelics.
Findings
Five wild hallucinogenic mushroom species are found in Korea, including P. argentipes and P. coprophila.
Korea classifies psilocybin and psilocin as psychotropic drugs, requiring FDA approval for clinical trials.
There are no reported cases of abuse or dependence on psychedelic mushrooms in Korea.
Abstract
Recently, the pros and cons have been debating in Korea even before the approval of use of medical marijuana with very strict limitations. And the next controversial topic is psychedelics. In 1890, when mescaline was first isolated from peyote cactus, clinical researches began, but due to its harmful effects, it was thereafter legally prohibited in 1970 in USA. However, a pernicious debate over the medical efficacy of psychedelic drugs has begun again with the release of a study that uses psychedelic mushrooms to be effective against treatment-resistant depression, alcohol dependence, and depression and anxiety in terminal cancer patient. To make a consensus on the medical use of these, we reviewed wild mushrooms containing hallucinogenic ingredients living in Korea. To make a consensus on the medical use of these, we reviewed wild mushrooms containing hallucinogenic ingredients…
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Taxonomy
TopicsFood Quality and Safety Studies · Ecology and Conservation Studies · Plant and animal studies
