Editing Psilocybin (section)

===Usage===
[[File:Dried Cubensis.jpg|thumb|Dried ''Psilocybe'' mushrooms showing the characteristic blue bruising on the stems.]]

A 2009 national survey of drug use by the [[US Department of Health and Human Services]] concluded that the number of first-time psilocybin mushroom users in the United States was roughly equivalent to the number of first-time users of cannabis.<ref name=Bone2011/> A June 2024 report by the [[RAND Corporation]] suggests the total number of use days for psychedelics is two orders of magnitude smaller than it is for cannabis, and unlike people who use cannabis and many other drugs, infrequent users of psychedelics account for most of the total days of use.<ref name = "Kilmer_2024">{{cite report |url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2825-1.html |title=Considering Alternatives to Psychedelic Drug Prohibition | vauthors = Kilmer B, Priest M, Ramchand R, Rogers RC, Senator B, Palmer K | date = 27 June 2024 }}</ref> The RAND Corporation report suggests psilocybin mushrooms may be the most prevalent psychedelic drug among U.S. adults.<ref name = "Kilmer_2024" />

In European countries, the lifetime prevalence estimates of psychedelic mushroom usage among young adults (15–34 years) range from 0.3% to 14.1%.<ref name="EMDCCA2011" />

In modern Mexico, traditional ceremonial use survives among several indigenous groups, including the [[Nahuas]], the [[Matlatzinca people|Matlatzinca]], the [[Totonacs]], the [[Mazatecs]], [[Mixe people|Mixes]], [[Zapotec peoples|Zapotecs]], and the [[Chatinos|Chatino]]. Although hallucinogenic ''Psilocybe'' species are abundant in Mexico's low-lying areas, most ceremonial use takes places in mountainous areas of elevations greater than {{convert|1500|m|sp=us}}. Guzmán suggests this is a vestige of Spanish colonial influence from several hundred years earlier, when mushroom use was persecuted by the [[Catholic Church]].<ref name=Guzman2008/>