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Tuesday, October 04, 2011

'Magic Mushrooms' Can Improve Psychological Health Long Term


The psychedelic drug in magic mushrooms may have lasting medical and spiritual benefits, according to new research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.


The mushroom-derived hallucinogen, called psilocybin, is known to trigger transformative spiritual states, but at high doses it can also result in "bad trips" marked by terror and panic. The trick is to get the dose just right, which the Johns Hopkins researchers report having accomplished.


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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well that's good news for me

Anonymous said...

SO thats what they do over there?

Anonymous said...

yeah, good to know my younger years were not a total waste!

Anonymous said...

it will however make you want to listen to terrible grateful dead music ...

Anonymous said...

Takes me back to the 70's......

Anonymous said...

see hippies did have a good point. legalize