Plants of the Gods: S2E4. Magic Mushrooms and the Roots (actually, the Mycelia) of the Psychedelic Renaissance
Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast
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The History of Psilocybin in Western Medicine
There are at least five and maybe as many as 10 species of magic mushrooms growing in Massachusetts. Psilocybin activates some of the same brain receptors that serotonin acts upon. This can sometimes produce mystical or spiritual experience in people, he says. Shamans have been doing this for tens of thousands if not hundreds of years to treat illnesses such as cancer," writes David Perry.
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