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01/02/2018 / By David Williams

Peter Thiel backs company with plans to start clinical trials of magic mushrooms to treat depression

There are many interesting tech celebrities floating about in Silicon Valley, but few people can compare to billionaire Paypal founder Peter Thiel. Ever since starting what is arguably the world’s largest online payment processor, he’s had a hand in many other industries. He has been so prolific, in fact, that he has investments in companies […]

10/17/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Magic mushrooms discovered to “reset” the brains of depressed people … So why are they still illegal?

Are you one of the millions of Americans suffering with depression? The World Health Organization reports that nearly 300 million people are affected by this debilitating condition around the globe, that it is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and that for those most severely affected, suicide can seem like the only way out. In […]

06/08/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

Magic mushrooms are safest recreational drug, according to new study

Psilocybin mushrooms may be classified as a Schedule I drug alongside chemical substances such as MDMA, Heroin, LSD, and Methaqualone — but the substance is significantly less harmful than its classification indicates. According to the Global Drug Survey 2017, psilocybin mushrooms — known on the street as magic mushrooms or shrooms — is the safest of all recreational drugs, with […]

12/13/2016 / By Robert Jonathan

Medical scientists stunned as “magic mushroom” treatment found to heal mental illness… yet it remains illegal

Two major clinical trials have reportedly reaffirmed the effectiveness of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic found in 200 varieties of mushrooms, in treating mental illness. Earlier this year, researchers at London’s Imperial College found that after one week of high doses of psilocybin, twelve study participants no longer suffered with depression or self loathing. Eleven […]

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