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Nov 12, 2007 10:15 am US/Eastern
Police: Man Sold Hallucinogens In Candy
ATLANTA (CBS) ―
A 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly selling hallucinogenic mushrooms hidden inside chocolate bunnies and ducks and other drugs, authorities said.
Rockdale County sheriff's deputies arrested a the man after a deputy spotted him allegedly selling a sheet of LSD and a chocolate duck containing psilocybin mushrooms for $650, Sgt. Jodi Shupe said Saturday.
"It appears they were using the chocolate to cover up they were selling drugs, and they had been doing it for a while," Shupe said.
Drug officers found 74 chocolate ducks and bunnies containing mushrooms in a cooler bag in the man's truck, along with $1,200 in cash in his pants pockets, Shupe said.
Best known among the drug culture as magic mushrooms, the hallucinogenic fungus psilocybin remains a popular illicit drug. Although banned by Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, research into medical uses is allowed.
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