The experience is virtually indistinguishable from the effects of magic mushrooms, aside from a few subtle subjective differences.

The patents for this tried and tested compound expired decades ago — threatening the work companies like Compass Pathways are doing to monopolize the synthetic psilocybin market over the next 20 years.

Here’s everything you should know about O-acetylpsilocin.

If you’re living in the United States, you’re out of luck. This compound is illegal in the US and is therefore not available from any legit sources. You can buy it from street vendors (illegal), but the chances of contamination or adulteration in these products are high. We recommend not ordering 4-AcO-DMT (or any substance) illegally.

If you’re living in Canada, you can actually buy this compound legally from places like ChemLogix. It’s actually very affordable, costing around $25 CAD for four standard doses (25 mg each).

The Future of 4-ACO-DMT

O-acetylpsilocin has been around for a long time yet managed to remain entirely under the radar until about ten years ago. Since then, interest in this substance has been picking up, and it’s now one of the most common forms of synthetic psychedelics on the market today.

We expect to see interest in O-acetylpsilocin continue to grow over the coming years. There are already several companies making their own synthetic version of psilocin or psilocybin, but most of them aim to patent the final product. This will allow them to increase the cost of the product and establish a monopoly on its administration.

4-AcO-DMT has already passed its patent-protected years and is now part of the public domain. This means the compound will always remain cheap, even as psychedelics become legal and more companies step in to sell it.

This psychedelic is cheap to make, offers all the same benefits and experiences as magic mushrooms, and has extra advantages in terms of dosage consistency. 20 mg of O-acetylpsilocin will always provide the same intensity of effects — however, repeated doses of magic mushrooms could provide a wide range of intensity depending on the particular mushroom used. This makes O-acetylpsilocin a better option for use in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy because the effects are much more predictable.