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Researchers find psilocybin improved the anxiety and depression of terminal cancer patients for up to six months. The study is considered a first step in restoring the hallucinogen's respectability. The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients, Los Angeles researchers reported Monday. A single modest dose of the hallucinogen, whose reputation was severely tarnished by ... [ Mehr ]

THEIR specialist knowledge saved the life of author Nicholas Evans, who suffered severe kidney failure after eating a poisonous mushroom picked on a Scottish estate. Now, scientists have warned that there is a critical shortage of mycologists - experts in identifying and studying fungi - and have called for urgent funding to train new recruits. Leading Scottish mycologist Dr David Minter has launched the first fungus conservation organisation - in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of ... [ Mehr ]

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As I posted in another section of the forum I finally got a hold of my first mushrooms Sunday night while vacationing in San Diego. I was with a group of 7 people and we were only able to find 1/8 but we were told it was a strong batch that would be good with 3 people. Since I had been searching for mushrooms and had done the looking around in a new city for them I made sure I was one of the 3 that got to partake in them. The 8th was split pretty evenly (although I made sure I ate all the left ... [ Mehr ]