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Availability of websites offering to sell psilocybin spores and psilocybin (2009)
Auteur(s) :
LOTT, J. P. ;
MARLOWE, D. B. ;
FORMAN, R. F.
Année :
2009
Page(s) :
305-307
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
INTERNET
;
DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS
;
PSILOCYBINE
;
CHAMPIGNONS HALLUCINOGENES
;
VENTE
Note générale :
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2009, 41, (3), 305-307
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This study assesses the availability of websites offering to sell psilocybin spores and psilocybin, a powerful hallucinogen contained in Psilocybe mushrooms. Over a 25-month period beginning in March 2003, eight searches were conducted in Google using the term "psilocybin spores." In each search the first 100 nonsponsored links obtained were scored by two independent raters according to standardized criteria to determine whether they offered to sell psilocybin or psilocybin spores. No attempts were made to procure the products offered for sale in order to ascertain whether the marketed psilocybin was in fact "genuine" or "counterfeit." Of the 800 links examined, 58% led to websites offering to sell psilocybin spores. Additionally, evidence that whole Psilocybe mushrooms are offered for sale online was obtained. Psilocybin and psilocybin spores were found to be widely available for sale over the Internet. Online purchase of psilocybin may facilitate illicit use of this potent psychoactive substance. Additional studies are needed to assess whether websites offering to sell psilocybin and psilocybin spores actually deliver their products as advertised. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3820 Locust Walk MB 36, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Email : jason.lott@gmail.com
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
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