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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Most New Mexicans have probably heard of medical marijuana. But how about medical magic mushrooms?

Well, probably not. But the truth is, New Mexico has quietly been at the forefront of psychedelic research for more than two decades, and remains a key component in on-going studies of powerful psychedelic drugs.

“It’s gratifying,” said Dr. Rick Strassman, a psychiatrist who performed the first psychedelic experiments on humans in 20 years at the University of New Mexico. “I’m surprised more people haven’t taken advantage of the work I did.”

Strassman studied a drug called demethyltryptamine – also known as D-M-T – which is a hallucinogenic substance produced naturally by the body and found in hundreds of plants. D-M-T is similar in chemical composition to psilocybin, the hallucinogenic ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, Strassman said.

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I have tried most well know hallucinogenics, but not salvia divinorum. So this week I will go on a quest to find it, since it is legal. I assume from the news story a couple posts down it is sold at head shops and should be easy to find. Maybe they will even sell seeds and I can grow some too.

I am not expecting much. I have a friend that tried it and had absolutely nothing happen, but I will see for myself.

I wish they said what shops.  I feel I should stock up before they do something stupid like outlaw it.

It�s a hallucinogen that�s been around for years, but ask any parent, and they probably have no clue kids are using the common plant in a dangerous way.

It only grows in southern Mexico, a plant called salvia divinorum, and we found it packaged up and for sale on the shelves of several Albuquerque shops.

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