Gummy bears containing mushroom toxin sold in German vending machines

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2024-10-22

Kassel, Germany (dpa) - Gummy bear sweets containing muscimol, a hallucinogenic toxin found in fly agaric mushrooms, have been on sale in vending machines in central Germany. The dangerous sweets were sold in eight vending machines in the Wetterau district in Hesse state, the authority in Friedberg said on Tuesday. A young man who had bought a pack of the fruit gums was taken to hospital shortly after eating them, showing poisoning symptoms. An......

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