SoCal man dosed his kids with hallucinogenic mushrooms every day

A San Diego County man admitted he enlisted his two children in a conspiracy to grow and distribute hallucinogenic mushrooms and fed his children psilocybin capsules daily, authorities said.

Randal Vance, 43, worked with his wife and a friend to grow and distribute psilocybin mushrooms from two locations in north San Diego County, Vance admitted as part of a plea deal announced Friday by the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of California.

While executing a search warrant in October 2024, law enforcement officers found 257 pounds of mushrooms and 18 pounds of growing material at a location in Fallbrook, as well as 25 pounds of mushrooms, 5 pounds of psilocybin capsules and six firearms at a location in Bonsall.

Vance also admitted that he began feeding his 9- and 11-year-old sons psilocybin capsules every other day starting around October 2023 and every day by 2024. Vance was arrested in October 2024 following the execution of the search warrant.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-06-28/san-diego-county-man-fed-kids-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-daily

Not cool.