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Magic Mushroom Ingredient Psilocybin Improves Late Stage Cancer Anxiety
September 7, 2010 by NewsBot
The hallucinogen psilocybin appears to be safe and feasible to give to patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety - a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry reports it had a promising effect on mood. Psilocybin is the active ingredient in an illegal Class A drug in the UK called magic mushroom...


