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While it is a pretty uncommon drug, you probably wouldn't think so after seeing how many were found growing inside an Upstate house. Narcotics officers seized more than $100,000 worth of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Now, I find out why it's harder to catch this kind of suspected drug dealer.

You won't find them at the grocery store, but there are stacks of mushrooms at the Spartanburg County forensic lab that are drying out so they can be tested. The hallucinogenic mushrooms were being grown inside a house on Main Street in downtown Inman. It's something officers aren't used to finding. Lieutenant Beth Vaughn says, "I hate to say it, but it was kind of exciting in my line of work to see something like that. You don't see that stuff every day. It was very exciting to see it and know that we're taking it off the streets."

I did some digging and found that hallucinogens only account for less than one percent of all drugs confiscated in Spartanburg County and it's harder to spot someone who is growing "magic" mushrooms. Vaughn says, "You don't have the chemical smell. You don't have the paranoia where people are setting up the cameras, like you might with a methamphetamine lab."

Even though some grow naturally, drug addiction counselors say hallucinogenic mushrooms are not safe. Curtis Walker says, "Well if you get the kind you put in your salad, no they won't hurt you, but there's an acid in these mushrooms that cause the hallucinogenic effect." Counselors say there's no way to tell how much of the drug can send someone over the edge. Vaughn says, "For every person the experience is different. So one person may become exteremly violent. One person may have no concept of fear. One person may have no concept of danger and do something extremely dangerous to themselves."

Seven people face charges in connection with the bust. Stephen Smith, Jeralyn Joslin, Dustin Wade and Stephanie Abernathy of Inman were arrested. David Garrett and Matthew Kirkland of Spartanburg were also arrested, along with David Freeman of Boiling Springs. Each is charged with possession with intent to distribute.

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In(di)go said:
it is indeed a sad day... god the ignorant remarks of those cops make me clinch in pain...

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Vex said:
yeah..pretty shitty news report. they got it all wrong!

Can't blame the cops though, they just did their jobs. The kids broke the law and got caught, and that's just life in this country at the moment.

This will be a popular post.

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In(di)go said:
it is indeed a sad day... god the ignorant remarks of those cops make me clinch in pain...

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think of how much mushrooms could have been down the chain to me. Kinda pisses me off.

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Vex said:
Now they'll pay for it, and maybe be a little more careful about it next time. I mean, 20 pounds of shrooms is alot of shrooms. I'm just gonna guess that it wasn't fo personal use, ya know?

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i dont know ive eaten 20 pounds split between 4 of my friends before lol