Military will now drug test troops for psychedelic mushrooms

Military personnel will now be tested for magic mushrooms or “shrooms,” according to changes to the Pentagon’s drug policy.

An Aug. 18 memo from the Pentagon states that psilocin would be added to drug panels that the military uses to test service members for drug use. The key ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms is psilocybin, and when consumed, it’s converted in the body to psilocin, which produces a hallucinogenic effect or altered state.

Both psilocin and psilocybin are classified as Schedule I drugs by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which means they have are determined to have no federally accepted medical use, and have potential for abuse. Despite this, psilocybin-assisted therapy has been legalized in Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and several other states have passed or