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 "Magic Mushrooms" Help Anxious Cancer PatientsAn ingredient found in hallucinogenic mushrooms may help ease the anxiety of terminally ill cancer patients. In a small study, patients who took a small dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient of so-called magic mushrooms, under the supervision of a trained therapist reported feeling less anxious and had an improved overall mood in the months that followed. At six months, the group's average score on a scale measuring depression had declined by 30 percent. The study, which examines whether hallucinogenic drugs can be used safely as a way to relieve the anxiety of dying patients, aims to revive a field of study that was abandoned in the early 1970s, when many mind-altering drugs were outlawed. More...
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I've never understood how hallucinogenic drugs can potentially cure depression and anxiety, but then again I'm not a psychopharmacologist. I've also never tried "magic mushrooms," so perhaps I should reserve judgment for now.
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I don't have cancer, but, I do worry about getting it someday. Can I have some mushrooms too?
"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong". (Knight's Oath, Kingdom of Heaven)
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Let cancer patients have whatever makes them feel better, unless it would harm a third party. Lift the usual rules for them. That's my opinion, anyway.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. --Dorothy Parker
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I'm with H. on this one.
Sanity is not statistical
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excaelis wrote:I'm with H. on this one. What if you got them and they didn't do anything? Does that ever happen?
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