Cancer Patients Go on a Psychedelic Trip

A study taking place in New York is giving doses of psilocybin the active ingredient in what are commonly called "magic mushrooms" to cancer patients to try to help their anxiety. (April 23)

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• Hallucinogen
• Therapy

[jeffbaker123]

How wonderful that the mainstream is finally embracing the potential of psychedelic medicine.

[jreed136]

@KuostA Go research it yourself dude. Google is a wonderful thing. There's tons of medical applications that herbal remedies can provide, but never will thanks to demonetization stemming from the government and pharmaceuticals.

[groovecowboy]

The important factor in this study is the efficiency in creating a trans formative/paradigm shift in the makeup of her psychological thinking. If the ending result is positive, then why not? There are far more medications on the market that cause far more damage to the body than this one.

[Tremari0]

I'm happy that this helped her in a way. I wish more people were aware of the benefits that psychedelics can bring.

[semajsmadda1]

ALL OF HIS PATIENTS wanted a second dose. Damn straight they did. It is time for the "moral majority" to remove their heads from their asses and realize the value of the Psilocybin mushroom. Nothing in nature is an accident. Psilocybin is a gift from God.

[Coshka77]

@DeadlyCapGun Exactly, Timothy Leary was screwed over by the government and media and now years later we are using the very same method as he did for psychological treatments today. It's sad but also hopeful that in a pool of government propaganda and false drug hatred, there are some that still see the potential for medicinal uses of psychedelics.

[casualtySR]

Give them cannabis.. high concentrated hemp oil.. it will cure them. look it up it's true. watch Run from the Cure the Rick Simpson Story on youtube, you can also google pubmed and type in cannabinoids and cancer to see research studies on the subject

[wanyankang2008]

Seriously if you have cancer do you really think you will live. Just max out all your credit cards because a they can't go after a dead person

[DeadlyCapGun]

In the 60's Timothy Leary nearly changed the world with his psilocybin experiments. A harvard professor who was later screwed by U.S government after his experiments where changing the way people think and view the world. The psycolgiest was looking for anything, to prevent a nuclear holocaust. He later found psilocybin to open up dormant parts of the brain. A study of his cut prison return rates from 70% to 10%. He also used the pill form of psilocybin with many of his experiments. 

[djbenfield]

@MaladaptiveCatalyst southpark episode did it lol ... weed was legalized and they were like we have to get cancer? thats dumb.. lol then stan's dad breaks his microwave and sticks his balls in and gets the weed lol the whole towns men follow this idea lol.. good episode ... buffalo soldier ... in the heart of america lol

[ShroomSamich]

cool story, bro

[PureEgo]

her description of her trip sounds like she's lying. she wishes she saw that, should take some 2c-i