Magic Mushrooms May Help Cancer Patients

The hallucinogen psilocybin, known by the street name magic mushrooms, may help ease the anxiety that often accompanies late-stage cancer, researchers said Monday. Cancer patients given a moderate dose of psilocybin, whose effects are similar to those of LSD, were measurably less depressed six months after a single dose compared with a placebo, researchers reported in the Archives of General Psychiatry. The pilot study of 12 patients was devised to prove that hallucinogenic drugs could be studied safely as a way to relieve the distress of advanced cancer. see more.....http://www.usposttoday.com/magic-mushrooms-may-help-cancer-patients/