A local man got more than he bargained for when he harvested mushrooms to cook with in Yangmingshan National Park and they turned out to be magic mushrooms. The surprise trip was reported to police, who vowed to step up patrols and investigate how these natural psychedelics ended up in the park. Today the Seventh Special Police Corps, which handles security in national parks, headed to Qingtiangang, Yangmingshan. An officer plucked mushrooms growing in cow dung in order to conduct lab testing.Wang Jhih-cheng7th Division, 7th Special Police CorpsWe’re collecting evidence to send to related agencies for tests. Before these tests and subsequent report are completed, our Seventh Special Police Corps will increase patrols in park areas.In the right conditions — such as the moist, cool environme
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