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Old Jan 24, 2012, 08:18 PM
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Interesting.
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Last year Griffiths reported that when he tested high doses of psilocybin [a hallucinogenic] in 18 volunteers, 72 percent reported profoundly spiritual experiences, as well as improvements in mood and attitude that lasted more than a year.

But those trips weren't all good; 39 percent reported extreme anxiety or fear at some point in the five 8-hour sessions. People trained as monitors kept the study participants company in an effort to reduce the impact of those bad experiences.
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Old Jan 24, 2012, 09:59 PM
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Now I see why I loved doing those "magic mushrooms" during the college years! The only thing is, they tasted terrible!
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