Law enforcement officials say they found a staggering $8.5 million worth of psychedelic mushrooms during a bust in Connecticut. Federal, state and local authorities say they received a tip about possible drug-dealing at a rural home in Burlington and found dozens of dog-food-size bags of mushrooms there on Thursday.

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.

    • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
      410·
      11 months ago

      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:”

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
        73·
        11 months ago

        That’s a bullshit definition that came about because of politicians and cops misusing the word so much.

        • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world
          32·
          11 months ago

          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

          • Lem Jukes@lemm.ee
            31·
            11 months ago

            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.

      • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

        Which dictionaries are those? A quick google gives almost entirely results defining it as opiates.