Magic mushrooms carry the lowest acute risk of harm of any drug.
That’s according to the findings of the Global Drug Survey 2017, which has number-crunched information confidentially provided by over 150,000 recreational drug users.
Only 0.2% of people who’ve taken magic mushrooms over the past 12 months sought emergency medical treatment.
The most dangerous drugs at 4.8% and 3.2% respectively are Methamphetamine and Synthetic Cannabis.
Neither are taken in any great quantities here, with Meth striking out in the survey and Synthetic Cannabis registering just 0.9%. If Irish drug users are to stay healthy, it obviously needs to stay that way.
Other noteworthy emergency medical treatment figures are:
Alcohol – 1.3%
Cannabis – 0.6%
Cocaine – 1%
MDMA – 1.2%
Amphetamine – 1.1%
LSD – 1%
There’s a higher rate of seeking EMT for women than men for many substances. This is especially the case with Methamphetamine where the comparative female/male figures are 8.2% and 3.7%