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here's nothing
'magic' about magic
mushrooms. For
hundreds, possibly
thousands of years,
humans have consumed over 100 species
of fungi containing the psychedelic
compound psilocybin. From the religious
rites of stone-age man, to the right-on
rituals of hippie counterculture, 'shrooms
have delivered mind-bending experiences,
few of them properly understood and
fewer still approved by society at large.
Controlled in the UK from 1971, they've
been outright illegal since July 2005.
Recent results compiled from research
into psilocybin is altering minds in
very different ways. For the first time
in decades, the idea magic mushrooms
could have controlled, positive effects
on the brain, is gaining traction. With
mental illness reaching crisis proportions
on a global scale, permission to research
properly into illegal drugs, including
LSD and MDMA/ecstasy is, very slowly,
on the rise. And results suggest what was
once 'far-out' could have far-reaching
consequences for wellbeing.
In 2016, a team of scientists from
Imperial College London, led by Dr Robin
Carhart-Harris, the university's head of
psychedelic research, began the firstever clinical trial of psilocybin. A group
Tripping
hazard?
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PAUL WILS ON
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With research from both sides of the Atlantic
proving the mental health benefits of
psychedelic substances, are we heading
towards a future where banned narcotics
become the first choice fix for ousting anxiety?
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