Threading Denver’s magic mushrooms needle: Promising as medicine, risky as recreation – USA TODAY

Threading Denver’s magic mushrooms needle: Promising as medicine, risky as recreation  USA TODAY

Denver, the biggest city in the first state to legalize recreational marijuana back in 2012, has narrowly passed an ordinance to essentially decriminalize psilocybin, the hallucinatory substance found in over 100 varieties of mushrooms. After the results are officially certified later this month, enforcement will be given the lowest priority, and a panel will be established to try to assess the impact of “magic mushrooms” on public safety, finances and public health. From a purely medical perspective, this seems to be a good thing, to allow treatment for a drug problem rather than locking p…

A Massive New Study of 347,077 People Just Revealed Exactly How Much Coffee You Should Drink Each Day. (Before the Health Dangers Outweigh the Benefits) – Inc.

A Massive New Study of 347,077 People Just Revealed Exactly How Much Coffee You Should Drink Each Day. (Before the Health Dangers Outweigh the Benefits)  Inc.

We’ve heard story after story about the benefits. Now we know the limit. Perhaps you’re reading this with your phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, or while heading out from work to meet a colleague for work. If that’s the case, we have some very good news — although, perhaps with a small caveat. Over the past few years, a series of studies have come out showing that drinking coffee–in fact, drinking a lot of coffee–has significant health benefits. In fact, some suggested there could be big benefits in drinking copious amounts. The big unanswered question, however, has bee…