The achievement of an industry milestone providing access to psilocybin mushrooms to further their legal research as a treatment for mental health disorders TORONTO, May 19, 2021 /CNW/ – Wake Network, Inc. (“Wake,” or the “Company”), a global leader in psilocybin mushroom production and the developer of genomics-based integration therapies, is pleased to announce that it has completed the first fully-legal importation of psilocybin mushrooms into the United States, having secured all required permits from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. “From day one, our mission was to break ground in this emerging sector by building the first legal supply chain of psilocybin mushrooms for research,” said Nick Murray, CEO of Wake. This major industry milestone provides U.S.-based academics and laboratories with greater access to further the study of psilocybin mushrooms as a treatment for mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress injury. This is more important than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health crisis persists.” Wake’s subsidiary, Wake Jamaica Limited, produced the psilocybin mushroom material at its production facility in Jamaica. Wake’s laboratory partner in the United States, a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance license holder, successfully received its first shipment of psilocybin mushrooms. To the Company’s knowledge, this is the only commercially-produced, federally legal botanical psilocybin in the United States.