The Washington Times Review of 'Shroom'

The Washington Times chimes in with a favorable review of 'Shroom', a text we've covered in some detail on this site. Another interesting bit of wisdom from the review:

Some of the facts Mr. Letcher confirms are at least as strange as the legends he debunks. Siberians, for instance, really do have a history of consuming fly-agaric mushrooms not only directly but also "distilled via human kidneys." Mr. Letcher speculates that they discovered the psychoactive properties of the mushroom itself, and of the urine excreted by people who have eaten it, by observing the antics of reindeer. In the winter, the animals supplement their meager diet of lichen by lapping up human urine, presumably for its mineral content.

Mmm... Psychoactive urine drinking. This is academia at its finest people.