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Couple Arrested For Allegedly Giving Child Hallucinogenic Mushrooms ‘For Religious Purposes’

A couple in Omaha, Nebraska, is being accused of giving their 12-year old daughter hallucinogenic mushrooms. Police say Christopher and Cynthia Ewerdt were detained on Wednesday after their young daughter told authorities that she was given the drug for religious purposes.

Christopher, Cynthia Ewerdt Arrested For Allegedly Giving Daughter Mushrooms

The girl claims that her parents gave her psilocybin (sihl-oh-SY’-bin) mushrooms on Tuesday evening. She was discovered by police after she took the drugs, left her home, ventured into a creek and then walked through the mud. She was discovered outside of a hotel, bewildered and crying. WOWT.com reports:

The couple were the Resident Managers at their apartment complex…

“You have no idea,” said neighbor Jacob Worley. “We’ve seen them for 4 years, and we were oblivious to what was going on. We had no idea, no signs of anything.”

WOWT Channel 6 News spoke with Cynthia’s mother in person. She said she was totally shocked and didn’t believe her daughter was like that. She also said she wasn’t aware of the couple going to church.

Authorities claim that the drug, which profoundly impacts the mind and body, was found growing inside the couple’s home. The U.S. Department of Justice has more on the dangers of using the drug:

Use of psilocybin is associated with negative physical and psychological consequences. The physical effects, which appear within 20 minutes of ingestion and last approximately 6 hours, include nausea, vomiting, muscle weakness, drowsiness, and lack of coordination. [...]

The psychological consequences of psilocybin use include hallucinations and an inability to discern fantasy from reality. Panic reactions and psychosis also may occur, particularly if a user ingests a large dose.

As a result of the incident, the girl’s parents were arrested on child abuse and manufacturing a controlled substance and she has been placed in protective custody. Officials say the Ewerdts are in the Douglas County jail on no bond.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Comments (35)

  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on August 13, 2011 at 2:05pm

    This goes a long way in explaining hippie pelosi’s uncoordinated ranting…

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  • AScannerClearly27972
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:46pm

    That they made her take them was bad; that they left her alone so she could wander off instead of keeping an eye on her and helping her through the experience is just as bad; terribly irresponsible and stupid of them. Psilocybin a powerful substance, strange and beautiful and brutal, and not all minds can handle it. It should be legal; it quite likely saved my life, having cured my depression that I suffered from most of my life, and has great psychotherapeutic potential (as was shown with LSD, just before both were outlawed) … but these two parents are stupid and do belong in prison for this; they definitely endangered their child.

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  • gmoneytx
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:30pm

    That’s nothing new, we’ve been smoking HOPE DOPE for the last 2 and a half years with Obama in office.

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  • Bermuda Onion
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:18am

    The couple should have mentioned that their “Muslim beliefs” and they would have been released.

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  • rfycom
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:02am

    Laughing my wing-wang off and it is a big thing to laugh off. You believers crack me up. God works in mysterious ways people.

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    • Thomas
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 11:08am

      As God slowly removes His moral restraint from this planet it will be turned upside down. People will actually make their perversion legal and convince society that it is just how they were born. They will legalize every kind of perversion and will say drug are a good thing and everything decent will actually be considered bigoted and wrong. The only problem is when the perverts do these things they will begin to experience the consequences of their actions yet they will be so demented by that time they will only blame others for their misery because had they taken responsibility in the first place for their actions they would have repented. When these perverts get finished with this world and each other it will be out of pure mercy that God destroys them. They will torment each other and suffering will be so great that they actually will long for death.

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:16am

    Stupid Hippies! They aren’t Trix. Mushrooms are for ADULTS.
    http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms.shtml

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  • claymoremacm
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:15am

    LPHP why do you feel it is necessary for us to know you sexual preferance?,seems that reveals alot about your state of mind

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:47am

      I’d like to know. Well, actually that depends on how good looking I think she is and if she’ll let me watch.

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 9:44am

      Why do you want us to know you like a weapon name that refers either to a really long sword or a shaped explosive charge? Seems like you might have a propensity for violence. Shows quite a bit about you too.

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    • claymoremacm
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 10:07am

      scot ancestry and the name of my boat

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    • claymoremacm
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 10:11am

      LPHP atleast I don’t mix sex with violence in my handle lol

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  • loriann12
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 7:45am

    That’s pretty racist of the states. That’s in essence saying only minorities end up in jail. Are they going to let the white inmates vote, too, or just the minorities?

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  • Alan
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 2:50am

    At least they had the good sense to try it on themselves first . . . just going by looks.

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  • allenovercomer
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 2:20am

    uhm not so sure that this is where you ment to post this but i reporeted it as being the wrong place

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  • Stepaheaded
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:21am

    What,No funguy jokes?

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  • 264win
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:39am

    These people voted for barack the first tiem and will vote for him again.

    Fits the definition of a democrat perfectly!

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  • JIHURST
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:09am

    Department of Justice, eh? Why don’t we have a medical reference? I hate to say it, but I am getting more doubtful by the dubious nature of our so called departments of (your choice here). They really do not have our best interests in mind when they are created…..sorry seemed to be an off topic rant for me…my apologies.

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  • aburkholz
    Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:01am

    LPHP – easy answer, no one ‘slices off a bit of skin from a child’s wing-wang’ for religious purposes, and no one does it at 12. Do us all a favor and keep smoking, maybe the rest of your brain cells will die too.

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:18am

      I think I’m allergic to tobacco smoke, and last time I was subjected to second-hand marijuana smoke, it just gave me a headache, so I don’t toke either.

      I’d like to say it was a nice try at an insult, but I don’t like to lie.

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    • aburkholz
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:38am

      I was actually trying to give you an excuse for your ignorance not insult you; which, rather ironically, you just did to yourself. Tried to help you…..

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:49am

      Wow. I didn’t think it was possible, but your attempt to walk it back was even more lame than your original insult.

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    • aburkholz
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:59am

      an insult from you is a compliment, I am truly blessed.

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  • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:45pm

    Honestly, how is eating magic mushrooms any more outrageous a religious practice than slicing off a bit of skin from a child’s wing-wang?

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    • AlansTigg
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 12:20pm

      one occurs under medical supervision and very rarely has lasting health issues…the other put a child’s life at risk

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  • Zer0
    Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:19pm

    WTF?! This is one of the worse things I have ever read on this site. The state ought to give those two low-lifes a lethal dose of psilocybin!

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on August 12, 2011 at 8:41am

      That won’t be easy.
      The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances gives psilocybin a relatively high therapeutic index of 641 (higher values correspond to a better safety profile); for comparison, the therapeutic indexes of aspirin and nicotine are 199 and 21, respectively.

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    • brknhrt
      Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:38pm

      So much for freedom of religion.

      Report Post » brknhrt  

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