Man injects ‘magic’ mushrooms into blood, resulting in organ failure

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A man took to medical experimentation on himself when he decided to mainline “magic” mushrooms in order to kick his opioid use.

However, when the fungi started, well, mushrooming in his bloodstream — he almost kicked the bucket.

The 30-year-old, who was known to have bipolar disorder type 1, was brought in to a Nebraska emergency room recently, with reports of vomiting blood, diarrhea, nausea, jaundiced appearance, confusion and fatigue.

Upon arrival, the man spoke incoherently, doctors said in a medical journal report of the incident. Tests revealed his liver had been injured by infiltrating fungi and his kidneys were not fully functioning. In other words, he was going into organ failure.