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The family of Adelaide fashion icon Carol Foord has welcomed a decision to hold a coronial inquest into her death.
Psilocin, a hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms, was found in her blood after she went into cardiac arrest in 2024.
What’s next?
The inquest is due to begin next week.
The death of an Adelaide fashion industry icon who suffered a cardiac arrest after taking magic mushrooms as an alternative treatment will be probed at a coronial inquest.
Carol Foord, the founder of Toffs and Wild Child Style Lab, fought breast cancer and symptoms of motor neurone disease before her death in June 2024.
She had sought out magic mushrooms as an alternative treatment for anxiety and, in the hours after ingesting the substance, went into cardiac arrest and needed resuscitation at home.
She was taken to hospital, where she died a short time later.
Last year, her family went public with her story to warn others about the risks of alternative treatments.
