MAGIC MUSHROOMS

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Scientific researchers have found that a dose of Magic Mushrooms had a big effect on cancer patients and a single dose of psilocybin in a controlled setting appears to reap long-term benefits.

Psilocybin is a serotonin receptor agonist that occurs naturally in some mushroom species. Recent studies have assessed the therapeutic potential of psilocybin for various conditions, including end-of-life anxiety,obsessive-compulsive disorder, and smoking and alcohol dependence, with promising preliminary results. Researchers aimed to investigate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of psilocybin in patients with unipolar treatment-resistant depression.

Magic mushroom drug helps people with cancer face death https://www.newscientist.com/article/2114789-magic-mushroom-drug-helps-…

Rapid and sustained symptom reduction following psilocybin treatment for anxiety and depression in patients with life-threatening cancer: a randomized controlled trial http://jop.sagepub.com/content/30/12/1165.full

A Dose of a Hallucinogen From a ‘Magic Mushroom,’ and Then Lasting Peace http://nyti.ms/2gNjHYO

Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/17/magic-mushrooms-lift-se…

Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant
depression: an open-label feasibility study http://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/pdfs/S2215036616300657.pdf

Magic-mushroom drug lifts depression in first human trial http://www.nature.com/news/magic-mushroom-drug-lifts-depression-in-firs…