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Conservative MP Corey Tochor introduced new legislation on Tuesday to legalize prescribing psychedelics like psilocybin (colloquially known as magic mushrooms), which researchers and patients say can effectively treat some mental health disorders. Under Canada’s federal drug laws, psilocybin is a controlled substance and possession, production and distribution are illegal without …
Read More »Psychedelics helped him deal with terminal illness anxiety, but getting them was a long, strange trip
LISTEN | White Coat, Black Art: White Coat Black Art52:58‘Magic mushrooms’ for end-of-life distress Hear more from Pete and Susan Pearson, son Dr. Blake Pearson and psilocybin researcher Dr. Joshua Rosenblat in this two-part series. Pete Pearson had three reasons for trying psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” for the first time …
Read More »Use of psychedelics is on the rise in Canada. Doctors are starting to look at long-term risks, benefits
WARNING: This story mentions suicide. People who take prohibited psychedelics such as psilocybin or LSD and go to the emergency department for care show a higher risk of death within five years compared with Canada’s general population, a new study suggests. Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs. In the last …
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