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NEWS ABOUT: psilocybin mushrooms

psilocybin mushrooms stories: 2 news summaries

 Groovy, Man: 
 Study Finds Benefit 
 in Magic 'Shrooms 

Subjects say illegal hallucinogen changed their lives

Jul 1, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Volunteers who took hallucinogenic psilocybin mushrooms in a study say they have gained long-term benefits from the drug, reports the AP. Subjects of the study, one of very few involving hallucinogenic drugs since the '60s, say they still feel positive effects from their psychedelic experience years later. Many say it... More »

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Mushrooms Declared Illegal in Netherlands

Teen's suicide leads to surprise change in anything-goes policy

Oct 12, 07 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The party is over in Amsterdam. The Dutch government today announced a ban on psilocybin mushrooms, long tolerated under the Netherlands’ notoriously liberal drug laws, after the well-publicized suicide of a teenage user. The fungus “will be outlawed the same way as other drugs,” the justice minister said.... More »

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