1:35 pm today

Magic Mushrooms under the microscope.

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm today

Research will soon get underway into how best to identify mushroom species as a basis for a potential drug-checking service.

It's been a few years now since New Zealanders have been able to legally test their drugs, so could this research extend that kind of testing to Magic Mushrooms?

Auckland University doctoral student Sam Lasham is leading the research.