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Magic Mushrooms May Reduce Anxiety & Depression in Cancer Patients: Study

Last year the cities of Denver & Oakland decriminalized "magic mushrooms". This year we're now learning there may also be health benefits for people who use the substance.

Fox6 reports:

A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in “magic mushrooms,” provides long-term relief of anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study finds.
In fact, cancer patients who were given psilocybin reported reductions in anxiety, depression, hopelessness, demoralization, and death anxiety more than four years after receiving the dose in combination with psychotherapy.
“Our findings strongly suggest that psilocybin therapy is a promising means of improving the emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being of patients with life-threatening cancer,” said Dr. Stephen Ross, associate professor of psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health.
The findings build on improvements first reported by the team in 2016, in which 29 patients with cancer-related anxiety and depression were given either a single dose of psilocybin or a vitamin placebo called niacin. Seven weeks later, they were given the opposite. This was in combination with nine psychotherapy sessions.

Take this news with a grain of salt - we're not telling you to break the law and use illegal drugs. But after decades of "Reefer Madness" style anti-marijuana propaganda, could it be possible our national drug war got some other facts wrong as well?

Magic Mushrooms, Amsterdam, Niederlande (Photo by Schöning/ullstein bild via Getty Images)


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