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On Sunday, March 30 an event company held its second public Canna-Carnivale Marijuana event, however; before the event started the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office had caught word that vendors were planning to sell recreational cannabinoids without medical marijuana cards/prescriptions.
An undercover operation was launched by the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force to find the people who were involved.
While undercover, deputies learned that four vendors were selling Psilocybin mushrooms, according to deputies it’s a scheduled 1 controlled substance.
The four vendors were identified as Choi Chan, 43, Gah Wong, 47, Shiann Dennis, 22, and Lance Harris, 32, deputies say. All four are accused of selling psilocybin.
Harris was found with packaged marijuana ready to be sold. He faces an additional charge of marijuana possession.
In total, the sheriff’s office seized 20 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms and 8.5 pounds of marijuana.
“Any drug that is unmeasured and unpredictable is inherently dangerous,” said Dr. John Dyben, a drug addiction treatment expert at the Hanley Foundation in West Palm Beach. Dr. Dyben has 25 years’ experience in the field of treating drug addiction.
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