A single dose of the psychedelic ingredient in 'magic mushrooms' may ease anxiety and depression in cancer patients even years after the dose is taken, a new study finds.
Medical research into psychedelics like psilocybin and LSD began in the 1950s, and then famously ended after a surge in recreational use by the 1960s"counterculture."
"In the research setting, we're not only minimizing the risks, but also trying to maximize the benefits," he explained.As for the mechanisms behind psilocybin, research points to a correlation between patients' perceptions of"mystical experiences" while on the drug and their symptom improvement. Those experiences, Johnson explained, can refer to a feeling of transcending the ego or, for the religiously inclined, feeling closer to God.
A limitation of the current study, Ross said, is that all patients eventually received psilocybin, so there was no true"control" group.
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