NZ woman dies after eating magic mushroom.

[Nutty]

Magic mushroom death may be first for NZ
5:00AM Saturday May 26, 2007
By Elizabeth Binning 

A Hamilton woman who died after eating magic mushrooms is believed to be the first person in the country to have had a fatal reaction to the fungi.

Police say the 23-year-old student was rushed to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition after eating the magic mushrooms about 8.30pm on Thursday.

Senior Sergeant Marcus Lynam said the mushrooms had been picked from around Hamilton that day.

He said the woman went cold, became scared and then collapsed after eating an unknown quantity with friends at a party.

Her friends, who had also eaten the mushrooms without any problem, called an ambulance and CPR was carried out before she was taken to hospital. The Waikato University student died soon after.

Her family are said to be devastated and have asked the police and the university to respect her privacy and not release her name.

Mr Lynam said police were still awaiting toxicology results and while they could not conclusively attribute the woman's death to the mushrooms, the fungi did appear to be linked in some way.

Within an hour they sweated and experienced hallucinations similar to an LSD trip.

Dr Beasley said in some rare cases people had suffered seizures and heart problems but he was not aware of anyone dying in New Zealand or overseas after having magic mushrooms.

Dr Beasley said people more commonly died after eating a different species of mushrooms called Amanita, one of which is commonly known as "the death cap" and could cause liver or kidney failure.

In 2005 a Waikato man needed a liver transplant after eating a death cap that was growing in his backyard.

Sergeant Pete Whittaker of the Hamilton police said last night the woman had an existing medical condition and was on medication.


"It's too early to establish the exact cause of death. Early indications are there were other medical conditions that may have contributed to her death."

He said it was reported to police that she had taken magic mushrooms. "But inquiries are still going to establish whether that was the case," he said.

Fatal fungi

* One species of mushrooms, the Amanita phalloides - known as the death cap - can cause liver and kidney damage and has been known to kill people.

* Magic mushrooms belong to a different species, not considered as dangerous. Effects include hallucinations and in rare cases seizures or heart problems and last for between four and six hours.

* The active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybe, is classified as an illegal drug and people caught with them can be charged with possession of a class-A drug.

[Sanford - V. President of the Dangerous Crew Movement]

them shrooms aint no joke, boy. 

RIP. 

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

them shrooms aint no joke, boy. 

RIP. 

RIP to that girl.

You actually can't die off shrooms though. Read the article. If you take the right shit, it's NEVER fatal...This is the first case of someone dying from it. This bitch either had some poisenous shit that wasn't meant to be eaten, or did something to herself to die while on the shrooms...Either way, it's some fucked up shit, but shrooms is not classified amongst the deadly drugs and is actually known to be one of the healthier illegal substances...PeACe

[rik]

them shrooms aint no joke, boy. 

RIP. 

RIP to that girl.

You actually can't die off shrooms though. Read the article. If you take the right shit, it's NEVER fatal...This is the first case of someone dying from it. This bitch either had some poisenous shit that wasn't meant to be eaten, or did something to herself to die while on the shrooms...Either way, it's some fucked up shit, but shrooms is not classified amongst the deadly drugs and is actually known to be one of the healthier illegal substances...PeACe

True. But fuck shrooms. Damn near lost my mind last time I took them.

[We Fly High]

the last two times ive taken that shit was under these situations:
1. a friend who is a soil science major grew his own shrooms on like rice patties or some shit.. they were definitely the strongest i ever had.i was out of it for a good like 10 hours at least.
2. and another time did it alone by myself. haha that was not a good idea at all.

[rik]

Last time I was on that shit I hurled a glass bong at one of my homies. It didn't hit him though and it didn't break. I honestly don't remember throwing the bong at him though.

[Native_Joe99]

one of the best times i took em, i watched my friend climb up a hill and he had a pure white sweat suit on and he looked jus like a polar bear and we got scared n started trippin then thought deer were chasing us, we were on an island. walking through a forest

[Tha Psycho Hustla]

them shrooms aint no joke, boy. 

RIP. 

yes, RIP.

[Mr. O]

That's one hell of mushy power.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Yea...shrooms are crazy, I love 'em. Last time I took some, I also had a bad trip. But it's all about the mindstate you put yourself in...once you start thinking negative, there's no turnin back.

[MontrealCity's Most]

them shrooms aint no joke, boy. 

RIP. 

RIP to that girl.

You actually can't die off shrooms though. Read the article. If you take the right shit, it's NEVER fatal...This is the first case of someone dying from it. This bitch either had some poisenous shit that wasn't meant to be eaten, or did something to herself to die while on the shrooms...Either way, it's some fucked up shit, but shrooms is not classified amongst the deadly drugs and is actually known to be one of the healthier illegal substances...PeACe

True. But fuck shrooms. Damn near lost my mind last time I took them.

yep me too homie, i swore never to eat that shit again.

[Chief]

Yea...shrooms are crazy, I love 'em. Last time I took some, I also had a bad trip. But it's all about the mindstate you put yourself in...once you start thinking negative, there's no turnin back.

yeh for real.

and i have read about a dude overdosing on shrooms before, as in ate too many shrooms.

[Kill]

yeah, I think the toxicity of shrooms is extremely low, there has to be something else to her death, at least in addition to the shrooms. The dangers are prolly rather hurting yourself while you're high, just like with acid. I kinda thought about taking something shroomy of the more harmless kind when I was in Amsterdam, cause up there you can just walk into a store and buy the stuff. I only ended up smoking a bit of pot though.