Instead what many of these “shroom” products do is use other kinds of fungus that is known to cause altered states and hallicinations, such as the perfectly legal Amanita Muscaria, which if you’re not familiar is that iconic red mushroom with white spots, which you may have also been taught is extremely toxic.
It is, but in low doses it can bring about states of relaxation or sleepiness and the head-shops and shady online dealers sell the stuff promising to get you “high.” The trip from a high dose of Amanita Muscaria is akin to torture people have said, so if people are eating whole bags of this shit trying to get high, they’re poisoning themselves and having horrible experiences.