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Mind-Altering Chemical Found in Chocolate Bars, California Health Officials Warn

Some San Diego-based PolkaDot Shruumz chocolate bars contain psychoactive drugs, authorities said.
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Mind-Altering Chemical Found in Chocolate Bars, California Health Officials Warn
Psilocybin, or "magic mushrooms," in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in Washington on May 7, 2019. DEA/Handout via Reuters
Jill McLaughlin
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Californians were warned on Nov. 22 not to eat PolkaDot brand Mushroom Magic Blend chocolate bars over concerns that the chocolate contains psychoactive drugs.

The PolkaDot chocolate bars were labeled as containing an unsafe food additive called amanita muscaria, a type of mushroom, the Department of Public Health said in a statement.
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