Police Warn Of Shroom-Laced Chocolate Bars

Florida police are warning parents about chocolate bars that are laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms as the trend of drugs being produced in a candy-like form surges.

Police in Winter Haven recently located the chocolate bars while executing a recent search warrant at a known meth den, Police said Wednesday.

The chocolate bars contain “shrooms,” or Magic Mushrooms, a cultivated mushroom that contains a psychoactive and hallucinogenic compound called psilocybin it is a Schedule I drug that is illegal in Florida.

The shroom-laced candy bars are sold by a company in California that lists them for $30 on its website.

Shrooms can cause increased blood pressure and heart rate, nausea, vomiting, hallucinations, and delusions, according to authorities.

Police encourage parents to talk to their children about eating anything that could potentially contain a dangerous substance.