the FDA is trying to ban kratom

From what I've read about that stuff it can't be too soon. All the addictiveness of opiates with much nastier side effects and less effective at pain relief.

I'd love to try mushrooms, but do you think any old farts I hang with are into that shit?

Psilocybe semilanceata mushrooms are very easy to find in Scotland in autumn, and probably anywhere with a similar climate where people raise sheep. The fields around Iona Abbey are heaving with them - I think that explains something about the designs in the Book of Kells (do Google image searches for "traditional psilocybe art mola" and "book of kells").