Africa: Magic Mushrooms - New African Species Sheds Light On the History of the Famous Fungus: [The Conversation Africa] "Magic mushrooms" are consumed recreationally and for medicinal purposes around the world. These fungi gained their fame as "magic" because they produce chemical compounds (called psilocybin and psilocin) which have psychedelic effects. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRyYSF #MagicMushrooms #Psychedelic #Psilocybin #Fungi #MedicinalMushrooms
Psychedelics helped him deal with terminal illness anxiety, but getting them was a long, strange trip
Five years after Pete Pearson, 75, was diagnosed with a terminal lung condition, he was experiencing debilitating anxiety and depression known as "end-of-life distress." He wanted to try psilocybin — commonly known as magic mushrooms — to see if it helped. After a lengthy and futile attempt to gain acce...
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