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Comment by jfyi

14 hours ago

Google shows the injected LD50 of psilocybin in mice is 285 mg/kg.

This dose is very much in the range that we should expect some deaths in their test group from overdose based on prior tests.

Edit:

The dose in the study was 15 mg/kg, not 15 mg.

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