For those of you who missed out on a bag of legal marijuana during the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s another plant-based alternative for your next trip. Located in the heart of Detroit’s Midtown district, Shroom Hub is open for business. Inside you’ll find a nondescript storefront that offers fresh mushrooms like maitake (hen of the woods), porcini, and shiitake, medicinal mushroom powders, and even mushroom chocolate. URL www.shroomhub.io

Psychedelic mushrooms are gaining in popularity thanks to a  burgeoning interest in new-age spiritualism and a general longing to reconnect with nature. Mushrooms contain psilocybin, which stimulates the serotonin receptors in our brains and can cause mind-expanding experiences. It’s also being researched for its potential to treat mental health conditions.

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While official government statistics show that the use of magic mushrooms has remained flat over the past decade, they’re becoming increasingly popular. They’re popping up at music festivals and in more earthy situations: picnics in the park, dinner parties sat outside small plate restaurants. Even high-functioning people, such as hedge fund managers and business school kids, dabble.

The owners of Shroom Hub are hoping to replicate the success of their previous stores in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver. They aren’t breaking any laws, as the City of Winnipeg doesn’t require a special permit or zoning considerations for these types of stores. Customers are required to show identification to prove they’re over 19 years old and there are limits on how much of the product they can buy. Health Canada warns that taking mushrooms can cause a person to see, hear or feel things that aren’t there. They can also cause anxiety, fear, muscle twitches and an increase in heart rate and blood pressure.