The Food and Drug Administration said products from Diamond Shruumz have led to adverse health effects in six people in Arizona. DiamondShruumz.com
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into products from the mushroom microdosing brand Diamond Shruumz , prompting a recall on Wednesday by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
According to both agencies, multiple people in Arizona and nationally have experienced serious adverse health effects after consuming Diamond Shruumz’s line of gummies, chocolates and cones. Those effects include "seizures, hallucinations, and loss of consciousness, according to the state health department .
The health department said "patients have required emergency transport, emergency department evaluation, and in some instances, intensive care admission." Additionally, six cases have been reported to Arizona’s two poison centers, and similar cases have been identified in other states.
A June 18 FDA advisory said there have been more cases in Arizona (six) than in any other state. Nationally, 26 illnesses have been reported, 16 of which required hospitalization. Notably, a recent University of Virginia study found mushroom-related calls to poison centers have risen since 2019, when some states and cities decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms.
One of those hospitalized was the son of Charity Martinez of Glendale. Martinez told Arizona’s Family that after eating a Diamond Shruumz edible purchased from a local smoke shop in April, her son suffered respiratory failure and had to be ventilated and placed in a coma. She added that his heart stopped at one point and that he now has an ongoing heart condition.
Though Diamond Shruumz claims its products do not contain psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms that is illegal in much of the country, Martinez told Arizona’s Family she does not believe that to be true.
“They lied,” she told the station. “They did determine at the hospital, they listed it as an overdose to psilocybin or psilocin.”
The California-based Diamond Shruums bills itself as "nothing short of the future of microdosing," with treats "packed with a kick of Lion’s mane, a touch of Reishi and a bit of Chaga mushrooms." A disclaimer on its website warns that the FDA has not evaluated […]
Arizona recalls Diamond Shruumz microdosing candies after FDA probe
