Magic mushroom use grows in England and Wales, ONS figures show
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6H4Y0)
Use of ecstasy and nitrous oxide fall overall and drug use of all kinds falls among younger people
One in 100 people in England and Wales took hallucinogenic drugs in the last year, as magic mushroom" use increased by tens of thousands of people, while use of ecstasy and nitrous oxide fell.
Increasing use by older adults was behind the rise in psychedelic tripping, according to annual figures about drug use among 16 to 59-year-olds from the Office for National Statistics.
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