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    LA dispensaries openly sell 'magic mushrooms' as state weighs decriminalization

    by Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times May 16, 2023 5 minutes
    A cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles County openly sells psychedelic mushrooms earlier this month.

    LOS ANGELES — The cannabis dispensary in a run-down shopping center in coastal Los Angeles County offers the standard fare: pre-rolled joints, vape pens, a wide range of edibles and a selection of smoking accessories.

    But there's one extra class of items that distinguishes this storefront on the county's suburban fringe. A glass case displays "magic mushrooms" and a variety of items containing psilocybin, the compound that provides said magic to those who consume it.

    A compound that is still illegal statewide.

    As the state Legislature considers a bill to decriminalize several psychedelics including psilocybin, some L.A.-area businesses are openly selling the potent hallucinogen. Although cannabis is legal statewide, no Southern California municipality or county has followed the lead of Oakland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz by decriminalizing magic mushrooms.

    Yet there's a thriving market for the fungi and

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