Magic mushrooms trader defends business

THE owners of a shop which sells hallucinogenic 'magic' mushrooms defended their business yesterday.

"We are not about pushing drugs. We're about education and drug reduction," said Helen Stone, the owner of the Funky Skunk store in Cork.

Ms Stone and her business partner Steve Wilson, were selling the natural high-inducing fungi from their city centre store yesterday for €15 for a 20-gram bag.