Exclusive: Mike Tyson Launches ‘Mikeadelics’ Magic Mushroom Kit
The legendary boxer is selling a home-grow kit for psychedelic shrooms.
Mike Tyson is taking a swing at magic mushrooms with a new “Mikeadelics” home-grow kit from his Tyson 2.0 cannabis company.
The boxing icon, podcaster and entrepreneur has long embraced the mind-bending benefits of psychedelics and wants to make it easier for his fans to grow psilocybin shrooms at home. “Psychedelics changed my whole life,” Tyson told Maxim. “I wouldn’t be boxing now if it wasn’t for psychedelics.”
The Mikeadelics kit was designed by the shroom svengalis at Advanced Mycology, a company that uses a unique filter strip technology to maximize airflow and protect against bacteria and mold when growing mushrooms.
Tyson, 58, said he used magic mushrooms while training for his 2020 boxing exhibition with Roy Jones Jr., and hasn’t ruled out taking shrooms ahead of his upcoming bout with YouTuber-turned-pugilist Jake Paul, 27, which will be broadcast live on Netflix.
Tyson recently suffered an ulcer flare-up that led to the Paul fight being rescheduled for Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The former heavyweight boxing champion said he would need to check with his doctor before ingesting shrooms while preparing for Paul, but noted that he likes to take them before working out.
“It makes me comfortable being uncomfortable,” Tyson said of the altered state of consciousness induced by the drug. “It never puts me in an uncomfortable mode and it’s always challenging me. You just gotta ride with it until it’s over.”
Tyson has been outspoken about his appreciation of psychedelics. He previously invested in Wesana Health, a biotech company that is using psilocybin as a treatment for traumatic brain injuries. In 2021, Tyson credited his use of psychedelic toad venom with losing 100 pounds, resurrecting his boxing career, and reconnecting with his family.
Mikeadelics buyers will need to order their preferred mushroom genetics separately from Advanced Mycology here and then inject liquid shroom cultures into the soil inside the box. While psilocybin is still illegal on the federal level, the Drug Enforcement Agency has suggested that spores, which later produce psychedelic mushrooms, are legal to buy and ship. It’s only after the genetics are injected into dirt that mushrooms containing psilocybin grow inside the box.
Colorado and Oregon are the currently the only states that have legalized psilocybin, but there has been a growing push to decriminalize it elsewhere in the wake of promising research into using psilocybin as a treatment for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions.
Cities including San Francisco and Washington D.C. have declared magic mushrooms to be a low priority for law enforcement, allowing psilocybin products to flourish. Utah lawmakers recently authorized a pilot program allowing supervised administration of psilocybin to treat behavioral health disorders at certain health care systems, according to the Washington Post.
Companies and local governments across the country have invested millions into researching the potential benefits of psilocybin for mental health treatment and the FDA even called using psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression a “breakthrough therapy,” a designation meant to speed up research.
Tyson—who officially launches Mikeadelics with an appearance at the CHAMPS Tradeshow in Las Vegas on July 24— said he hoped that magic mushrooms would be legalized nationwide. “And I’m not just saying that from an entrepreneur perspective, I’m saying that from a health perspective,” Tyson said. “I think the planet would be different. I think everybody would be at their highest form of thinking.”
Each Tyson 2.0 Mikeadelics box includes a grow bag, instruction booklet, inoculation data label, alcohol wipe and Mylar storage bag with a dry pack to store dried mushrooms. Every kit yields roughly 1/2 ounce of mushrooms, with the potential for up to three harvests per bag. It takes six to eight weeks to grow and the box retails for $50, not including the injectable mushroom culture.
Tyson said he has personally tested Mikedelics shrooms once so far. “The journey was well worth it,” he said. “I really enjoyed myself.”
Mikeadelics is the first magic mushroom release from Tyson 2.0, which is operated by Carma HoldCo, a company that also licenses cannabis brands for pro wrestler Ric Flair and the rapper Future.
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