Page 5 | AIBU about magic mushrooms in the dining room

Slippy78 · 12/09/2021 23:19

Considering the growing conditions I doubt they are magic mushrooms.
What's wrong with the growing conditions?

Bontanics · 12/09/2021 23:33

@Saladd0dger how do you know what the growing conditions are in her dining room?

RAFHercules · 12/09/2021 23:36

Well call me old fashioned but I don't think class A drugs really belong in a house with children.

fantastaballs · 13/09/2021 10:05

All the people kicking off about mushrooms being grown at home.... there is a fascinating documentary about fungi in general on Netflix called fantastic fungi. It's absolutely amazing just what mushrooms can do! It's not just magic mushrooms that can be grown at home but plenty of other edible types that cost £££ in shops and the process is just magical. The life cycle of a mushroom and the properties that each species displays that can hugely benefit us as a species is mind blowing.

Magical mushrooms are illegal now but i honestly think this will change in the next 5-10 years as the studies that are going on about them are really highlighting some amazing results. The man who the documentary focuses on provided a certain type of edible called Turkey tale to a medical trial. By a cruel twist of fate his 94 yo mother developed near cancer and her breast quadrupled in size and the cancer spread to her lymph nodes. She was told there was no actual treatment but she could go on a trial just to see. The DRs all expected her to die. She was treated with herceptin and 8 capsules of Turkey tail a day. She's cancer free and still going strong.

Manic mushrooms have also shown amazing results in palliative care, depression, anxiety etc and in the trials patients for that treatment have only needed 1-3 pills/sessions. Instead of years on pills.

I know what I'd prefer.

Also, it's incredibly difficult to get mushrooms to grow. It needs sterile fields, great care etc. The actual fruiting stage only last 5-10 days and so for 3-6 weeks there is no actual mushroom at all, just the cob webby mycelium spreading through the substrate.

mowly77 · 13/09/2021 22:15

@GlueMyMushrooms iconic

@fantastaballs informative

MurielSpriggs · 13/09/2021 23:45

Interesting documentary on the research that's been happening on the BBC too:
The Psychedelic Drug Trial
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000w7bq

IceLace100 · 14/09/2021 00:23

Seems like you don't want him to grow magic mushroom in your house. But he is convincing you somehow it's ok. I think you need to stand up for yourself.

When you're making an argument to make a point, stick to hard, cold facts. No one can argue with facts. So here the facts are:

It is illegal, and mushrooms are a class a drug.

If you were caught, it would have implications for the whole family, ie, convictions for the adults and social services for the children.

It would be extremely dangerous from a health point of view for the children to eat the mushrooms.

LivingLaVidaBabyShower · 14/09/2021 00:27

@SukonthaM

No op. Of course it’s not ok to produce mind altering, illegal drugs in your family dining room 🙄

This.

We are currently childfree but this is a hill i would die on.
You have children - What if one of your children ate them? The trip to A&E would be a blast. And the social services follow ups...

He needs to wake up and get real.

AntiSocialDistancer · 14/09/2021 09:34

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CrasterKipper · 14/09/2021 09:45

Wow.

Reasons to be grateful today: my DH doesn't grow class A drugs in the middle of our home and insist it's absolutely fine.

AntiSocialDistancer · 14/09/2021 09:46

I have reported my post for being on the wrong thread!

Tal45 · 14/09/2021 10:05

Fungi may be amazing and things may be different in 5 - 10 years but right now Magic mushrooms are a class A drug that you can get 7 years in jail for possessing. I have absolutely no idea why you would even entertain that in your house let alone in the dining room with your children. If my DH couldn't understand why that wasn't a good idea.....well they wouldn't be someone I'd be interested in having a relationship with.

VeganVeal · 14/09/2021 12:10

Its fine if you're happy manufacturing class A drugs

Magic mushrooms are a Class A drug, which means it's illegal to have for yourself, give away or sell.

Possession can get you up to 7 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.

Supplying someone else, even your friends, can get you life in prison, an unlimited fine or both.

Polkadots2021 · 14/09/2021 12:14

@FromEnglandWithLove

Aaahh, so here it goes, I am deeply convinced I am not unreasonable but am prepared to be told otherwise.

In a nutshell: DH is growing magic mushrooms in the dining room. We have kids, I don't think it's right to grow psychedelic drugs in the house. He strongly disagrees and thinks I'm totally unreasonable to object.

I get that magic mushrooms have all sorts of health benefits, micro dosing etc, and it's not like he's running a meth lab but still, I'm not comfortable with a mushroom patch in my dining room. This kind of stuff has no place in a family home.

Am I being really uptight and awkward about this? AIBU to object?

Jesus Christ OP you have hallucinogens that look like regular food in easy reach of your kids, in a room where food is actually eaten. You do know that they could suffer irreparable mental damage if they try just one, right? That you know what that could do to a developing young mind? It's horrific OP, Google it. It could destroy them, and of one of their mates comes round and doesn't know what it is, or eats it for a dare? It could destroy them.

To me this beggars belief, surely social services would be all over this if they heard about it. This is the worst. Bin your H, bin the drugs, end this complete insanity.

Polkadots2021 · 14/09/2021 12:21

@AliceWo

There is some conflating in this thread of mushrooms with other class As like heroin and meth.

Mushrooms were legal until about 20 years ago, and in my view should still be legal or at least just a Class C. They are non-addictive and not physically harmful. There is a strong chance that in a few years the psychedelic chemical in mushrooms will be available through the NHS for psychedelic therapy for people with mental health problems like depression and anxiety.

Until then, people have to make do with the less than ideal circumstances of growing, getting from a dealer or picking, and taking without necessarily doing the research to know the correct knowledge of set, setting and dosage.

Don't assume the OP's DH is a loser, drug addict, '12 year old', because he wants to get the health benefits of taking mushrooms. The growing in the dining room/house with DC is a different matter.

But we're not kids. Kids who have parents who grow class A drugs in their dining room remove healthy boundaries around drugs and that can lead kids to some pretty nasty decisions and mistakes farther down the line, and when it comes to drugs just once can be enough to damage them beyond repair.

Believe me I've seen this happen more than once and in the case of a young athlete in particular I remember, I'm still bitter and angry. Just don't do it, set a good example. I couldn't care less what adults choose but kids see this and internalise this kind of thing and think it's ok and you just don't get how bad the ripple effect can be farther down the line.

AliceWo · 14/09/2021 12:59

But we're not kids. Kids who have parents who grow class A drugs in their dining room remove healthy boundaries around drugs and that can lead kids to some pretty nasty decisions and mistakes farther down the line, and when it comes to drugs just once can be enough to damage them beyond repair.

I know. That's why I said in my last line that growing in the house with DC there is a completely different issue to the idea of adults wanting to take mushrooms.

Throckmorton · 14/09/2021 13:14

Depends if you want to risk your kids eating them and potentially coming to harm...

DoylyCarte · 14/09/2021 13:21

Where do you get the spores from? Asking for a friend.

Gladioli23 · 14/09/2021 13:31

Production of Class A drugs has a minimum sentence of 7 years under the minimum sentencing guidelines unless they can show exceptional circumstances.

Whatever one feels morally or otherwise about that I don't think I'd be up for having my partner risk a sentence like that.

LarryVeest · 14/09/2021 13:35

I'm amazed that other people have kids who might voluntarily eat a mushroom.

Queenoftheashes · 14/09/2021 13:44

I think it sounds fine and might try it myself

Queenoftheashes · 14/09/2021 13:45

Certainly seems more ethical than cocaine where the prevailing argument on here is the murderous supply chain

VeganVeal · 14/09/2021 15:48

It doesnt matter what people think its still a class A drug

ViciousJackdaw · 14/09/2021 16:20

He's full of shitake and needs to button it. It is your morel duty to move the crop elsewhere - regardless of whether it takes up too mushroom in the dining area.

dreamingbohemian · 14/09/2021 16:26

OP you do realise that since you are aware of the mushrooms and have not done anything to get rid of them, you are also legally culpable should they be discovered

I hope you have someone to take care of the kids while you're both locked up

What are you thinking???