After a few glasses of champagne (or rather, Lidl’s crémant) at a school mum’s Sunday afternoon drinks party, Melanie* found herself being covertly offered a little brown bottle. Her host urged her to drop a pipette’s worth onto her hand and lick. “It’s mushroom oil,” she was told.
“I’ve heard lots of people talking about taking mushroom oil, but this was the first time I’d done it,” the 37-year-old says. “It felt a bit weird taking drugs while the kids were all running around — but my friend assured me it was just a gentle buzz, a bit like being pissed, but without any hangover the next day.”
