Magic mushroom churches are setting up shop in San Francisco, giving residents the ability to buy illegal hallucinogenic drugs at storefront locations — and for now, at least, the city’s politicians and agencies don’t appear to know how to respond.
At least two churches selling magic mushrooms seem to have opened in the city this year: Zide Door, an Oakland organization, expanded into San Francisco with a SoMa location in April; there’s also The Living Church, a Lower Nob Hill storefront that started marketing magic mushroom sales on Instagram in June.
The church openings come after a Haight Street storefront was raided in December of last year on suspicion of selling magic mushrooms. The store’s owner was charged with three felonies related to the alleged sales, leading to condemnation from Supervisor Dean Preston, whose district includes Haight-Ashbury. Preston questioned why the San Francisco Police Department “chose to use extensive resources on a drug bust for substances the city considers to be of lowest priority.” The felony case is still pending, according to Deputy Public Defender Lilah Wolf, who is representing the store owner.
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