Mushroom gummies in four of the six bags tested were found to contain unlabeled psilocybin or psilocin.

The waste management company was accused of violating the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Funding for grants, ranging from $250,000 to $10 million, is being allocated from President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

Southwest Key, despite being aware of these ‘severe and pervasive harms,’ failed to take appropriate action to protect children in its care, the DOJ alleges.

‘It raises the tantalising possibility that the drugs could have a similar effect in elderly humans,’ study author professor Stuart Cook said.