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Study: 'Magic Mushrooms' May Help Cancer Patients
Sep 6th 2010 – 8:02PM
Peter Dejong, AP
(Sept. 6) -- For patients in the advanced stages of cancer, an unlikely remedy may provide relief from the burdensome stress and fear of an imminent death: Magic mushrooms. According to the findings of a new study published in Archives of General Psychiatry, psilocybin, the naturally occurring compound found on a variety...
Background on psilocybin
Psilocybin ( ) is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by more than 200 species of mushrooms, collectively known as psilocybin mushrooms.
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