While it may seem unethical or unorthodox for others, one Colorado woman says microdosing magical fungus makes her a “present” parent. She’s even started her own platform to destigmatize the practice, calling it: “Moms on Mushrooms.”
Speaking with ‘ABC News,’ Tracey Tee shared her practice of microdosing with “magic mushrooms.” The magical fungus is an unregulated substance, but Tee claimed the psychedelic drugs make her a more “present” parent.
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Tee said that she first tried magical mushrooms at the age of 44 when a friend of hers invited her onto a camping trip with a bunch of other moms. Recalling her first-ever experience with psychedelics, she said, “I guess, relief might be one word that everyone could, like, universally understand. Like, your mood might change to a place where you feel more stable and more in a place of stasis.”
The Colorado woman even has her own private, community-based platform called “Moms on Mushrooms,” whose objective is to destigmatize and promote the safe use of psychedelics. Tee said she especially focuses on destigmatizing the use of shrooms for moms, who are using the drugs as a coping mechanism.
She explained, “I get really frustrated when people say to me, ‘Oh, well, like, mushrooms are, you know, ‘mommy’s new little helper.’ That is not what microdosing is. Microdosing is mommy is present and aware and showing up, maybe for the first time ever.”
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, psychedelic drugs include psilocybin, which is a chemical found in magic mushrooms.
The institute also says that psychedelic drugs “primarily influence the way the brain processes the chemical serotonin.” The NIDA also warns that the drugs can “temporarily alter a person’s mood, thoughts and perceptions.”
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It’s reported that in recent years, a new fad has popped up which includes people taking smaller amounts of psilocybin, it’s called “microdosing.” The NIDA says the practice see its users typically taking the drug in one-tenth to one-twentieth of the typical non-clinical dose.
People who participate in the practice claim doing so helps ease their anxiety, depression and their overall wellness. However, the NIDA notes that “research to date has not established that microdosing is safe or effective.”
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Meanwhile, NIDA has warned that the use of psychedelics can trigger severe psychiatric episodes. Other risks include increased heart rates and blood pressure, impaired thought processes, anxiety, nausea and vomiting.
Elsewhere, as far as laws are concerned, it is reported that taking shrooms and microdosing is illegal in the United States; however, in Oregon and Tee’s state of Colorado, the use of magic mushrooms happens to be fully decriminalized. Additionally, Massachusetts, Michigan, California and Washington have decriminalized the drug, but only at the local level.
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