Cancer patients try out psychedelic

Monday, May 24, 2010 - 11:51 in Health & Medicine

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in 'magic mushrooms,' is used in a New York University study as part of psychotherapeutic treatment for anxiety caused by the disease. Patients react positively. The big white pill was brought to her in an earthenware chalice. She'd already held hands with her two therapists and expressed her wishes for what it would help her do.

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