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LA Times Today: L.A. dispensaries openly sell ‘magic mushrooms’ as state weighs decriminalization

LA Times Today: L.A. dispensaries openly sell ‘magic mushrooms’ as state weighs decriminalization

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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Magic mushrooms have been used as a punchline in the past, but now a growing body of research suggests they may be a medicine of the future. While psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelics are still illegal, some L.A.-area dispensaries are selling them openly and there is growing support to relax the laws.

L.A. Times reporter Connor Sheets joined Lisa McRee with details.

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