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Treating Anxiety and Depression with Magic Mushrooms

As the world struggles with mental health issues, nature has creations that can make all the difference. If you have heard about psilocybin mushrooms, then you know they carry highly therapeutic tendencies and are a good contender to treat depression and anxiety. Many studies have been done on the healing aspects of these mushrooms, and the results have been promising.What are Psilocybin Mushrooms? Psilocybin is a naturally occurring drug in mushrooms; it is a hallucinogenic and can cause auditory and visual hallucinations. Taking magic mushrooms …

‘People are desperate to heal’: The push for psychedelic-assisted therapy in Canada

By Kamyar Razavi & Robin Gill Global News Posted June 12, 2021 3:00 am Updated September 9, 2021 10:14 amLaurie Brooks describes her experience taking psychedelic mushrooms as a journey — one that helped her find answers to some of her most important life questions.The 54-year-old mother of four from Abbotsford, B.C., was diagnosed in 2018 with colon cancer. By the time doctors discovered it, the cancer had already advanced rapidly.The fear of dying at such a young age, and …

Canadian entrepreneur gifts $5 million to help create psychedelic research centre for mental health

Solarina Ho CTVNews.ca WriterTORONTO -- Canadian tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist Sanjay Singhal was in his early 30s when he was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It had been a lifelong struggle -- one moment feeling great, then suddenly mentally paralyzed and unable to get out of bed for three straight days.“When I went manic, I would make bad decisions ... spend money unreasonably,” he said. “Up until age 38, my life was a roller coaster.”Today, Singhal is 56 and …

Patient hopes Canada will introduce regulations for psychotherapy with ‘magic mushrooms’

Psilocybin one of several psychedelics being given temporary legal exemptions to help ease emotional sufferingCamille Bains · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 18, 2021 10:13 AM PT | Last Updated: January 18In this May 24, 2019, file photo, a vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles. (Richard Vogel/The Associated Press)As the first terminally ill cancer patient in Canada to legally use so-called magic mushrooms to treat anxiety, Thomas Hartle is hopeful that more temporary …

Canada Is Allowing People With Depression to Do Psychedelic Mushrooms

A B.C. woman is believed to be the first non-palliative patient to be allowed to do shrooms legally. JS by John Semley Toronto, CanadaCanada has granted a B.C. woman an exemption to use mushrooms to treat her depression.The Canadian government is allowing patients who are not terminally ill to legally consume psychedelic mushrooms, on the heels of Oregon’s decision to give people access to shrooms for therapeutic reasons. Mona Strelaeff, a 67 year-old woman living in Victoria, B.C., said she was …

Some doctors, therapists get Health Canada permission to use magic mushrooms

The health professionals can use psilocybin themselves to begin to develop therapiesKate Dubinski · CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2020 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 10Psilocybin is the ingredient in magic mushrooms that causes hallucinations, but in medically supervised settings, can also potentially help people overcome depression. (Shutterstock / gsplanet)Four months after it allowed a handful of palliative care patients to use psilocybin as a way to relieve end-of-life suffering, Health Canada has cleared the way for …

Motion to prevent sale of magic mushrooms defeated by Vancouver council

Coun. Pete Fry referred to motion as 'anti-drug hysteria'CBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2019 10:13 AM PT | Last Updated: September 12, 2019Magic mushrooms contain hallucinogens, usually psilocybin and psilocin, which can cause people who use them to see, hear or feel things that are not really there. They may also experience anxiety, fear, nausea and muscle twitches. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)Vancouver city council struck down a motion Wednesday night to deter and prevent the sale of psilocybin mushrooms, a …

The growing push for medical use of psilocybin in Canada

TORONTO -- Growing evidence about the powers of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by several species of mushrooms, being used to treat anxiety and depression has inspired advocates to file a federal court challenge next month to allow its use to treat terminally ill patients.Psychotherapist and professor at the University of Victoria Bruce Tobin has been on the forefront of those advocating to end the prohibition of the drug – highlighting its potential for cancer patients …

Psilocybin: A Journey Beyond the Fear of Death?

In one of the largest and most rigorous clinical investigations of psychedelic drugs to date, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and New York University have found that a single dose of psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in “magic” mushrooms—substantially diminished depression and anxiety in patients with advanced cancer.Psychedelics were the subject of a flurry of serious medical research in the 1960s, when many scientists believed some of the mind-bending compounds held tremendous therapeutic promise for treating a number of conditions including severe …

Paul Stamet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQPaul Stamet's interview with Joe Rogan on psychedelic mushrooms. …

Researching psychedelics to treat addiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-9pLPCLQIkPsychedelics were the subject of serious medical research in the 1940s to the 1960s, when many scientists believed some of the mind-bending compounds held tremendous therapeutic promise for treating a number of conditions including severe mental health problems and alcohol addiction. By the mid-60s, research into psychedelics was shut down for decades. After the blackout ended, the doctor we have on the podcast today was among the first to initiate a new series of studies on psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in “magic” …
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