Four hikers on magic mushrooms, one with ‘debilitating high’, rescued in New York

Four hikers who had consumed psychedelic mushrooms – including one experiencing a “debilitating high” – had to be rescued from New York’s Catskill Mountains after they got lost there, according to state authorities.

In a news release, forest rangers from the the New York state department of environmental conservation (DEC) said that they were alerted to the situation at about 5pm on 29 August after the receipt of a satellite text.

The message came from a hiker who reported that a group of four hikers were lost near Giant Ledge in the Slide Mountain Wilderness – an interconnected trail hike with elevations ranging from 1,100 to 2,600ft and several sheer cliffs and drops...