Atlantic article: This Parasite Drugs Its Hosts With the Psychedelic Chemical in Shrooms

in #cicadas • 7 years ago

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Researchers discovered a parasitic fungus that injects cicadas with psilocybin and an amphetimine. Realizing that they were working with illicit substances, one of them reached out to the DEA to see if they needed a permit to continue working with the infested cicadas.

Full article: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/massospora-parasite-drugs-its-hosts/566324/

Photo credit: https://flic.kr/p/oYpei7

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