Millions of dollars of psychedelic mushrooms seized in a Connecticut bust
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Law enforcement officials came across a staggering find after being tipped off about possible drug-dealing: dozens of dog-food-size bags of psychedelic mushrooms worth an estimated $8.5 million at a home in rural Connecticut.
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Narcotics by definition are opiates. Mushrooms are a psychedelic.
Merriam Webster "any controlled substance, whether sedative or stimulant:"
Not by all definitions of the word, narcotic can just mean an illegal drug. Different dictionaries define the word differently.
Really annoying how I've been downvoted for this, Merriam Webster defines a narcotic as "any controlled substance, whether sedative or stimulant:"
That's a bullshit definition that came about because of politicians and cops misusing the word so much.
It's literally a definition. I'm being downvoted for being correct.
Definitions are not all created equal. It's about time you learned that.
Really doesnt hold up when the DEA defines narcotics literally as opioids…
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Narcotics-2020.pdf
I didn't realise the DEA were the only people who could define things. Outside of the US it can generally refer to illegal drugs
Are you telling me Merriam Webster and Dictionary.com is wrong? Things can have colloquial definitions
You really wanna die on this hill huh? You seem to be missing the point IMO. It doesnt really matter what Merriam Webster or even Funken Wagnells define 'Narcotic' as. They aren't out there arresting people. All you're doing by sticking to your guns on this is making it look like you're a bootlicker who thinks it's perfectly acceptable for cops to misidentify substances so they can make their mushroom grow bust look like they took down a cartel. Insisting that words can mean whatever we want them to mean is fine, in a creative writing class. Not when those definitions can be weaponized to ruin people's lives.
If that's what you got from my comment you have serious reading comprehension problems. I am against the war on drugs.
Hey bud, what's the first definition both those sites/dictionaries have listed?
Which dictionaries are those? A quick google gives almost entirely results defining it as opiates.
Merriam Webster 2nd definition "any controlled substance, whether sedative or stimulant:"
Almost entirely is NOT the same as entirely.