Psilocybin, the psychoactive substance found in “magic mushrooms” and outlawed in the 1960s, has shown promise as a treatment for PSTD as well as end of life therapy. Psychedelics like this aren’t legal for medical use, though researchers at John Hopkins hope that one day the Food and Drug Administration will reclassify them, as their analysis found it can help treat depression, anxiety, and arthritis, the New York Times reported.
AOC Wants It To Be Easier To Study Magic Mushrooms & Other Psychedelics – Refinery29
