The spiritual effects of psilocybin, a hallucinogen naturally occurring in certain mushrooms, appears to have long-lasting benefits. Test subjects report an "increased sense of well being" 14 months after being given a controlled dose.
John Hopkins researchers screened candidates for psychological fitness, spiritual disposition, and overall education. Subjects were supervised during the event, and provided counseling following the test.
Protocols have been developed for future tests, and applications for “magic mushrooms” include - ironically - combating drug addiction.
What blew my mind was that the test events were reported as being all day long! I've also heard of other tests being performed on LSD. Apparently these "consiousness altering" drugs have far more than merely recreational applications. Neat neat stuff!
wouldn't want people to feel too good about themselves... ah make it illegal...lol
i've yet to heard of a drug that doesn't have good benifits.
for example if you think heroin is bad... i demand to refuse morphine when time comes you need it.
if you hate opium don't ever take opiate painkillers
if you hate weed, dont use it when you get cancer or gluccoma
personally i think even cocaine has a legitement medical use, say maybe a person with a slow shallow heartbeat, which can often be as fatal as a perosn with a heart beat of a mouse (extremely fast)
"its not a war against drugs, its a war against freedom" - bill hicks
“I am 100 percent in favor of the intelligent use of drugs, and 1,000 percent against the thoughtless use of them, whether caffeine or LSD. And drugs are not central to my life.”
“There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.”
but it's good to see it out in the open. the great misfortune is that until a reliable test for finding psilocybin in the body, like other drugs, it will remain a SCHEDULE I drug in the USA.
WAIT, what a recreational drug that makes a person feel better for over a year ! And not PRESCRIBED ! WAIT ! We can't have that, there is MONEY being lost ! Make it ILLEGAL ! Make em goto a doc, pay out the ass, and then get taxes on it ! Your govt dollar at work ?
"Subjects were supervised during the event, and provided counseling following the test."
this is what distinguishes the clinical use of psychadelic drugs with the recreational use, in addition to
"John Hopkins researchers screened candidates for psychological fitness, spiritual disposition, and overall education"
unsupervised, recreational use by your average burnout and supervised & controlled clinical usage by screened test candidates are two entirely different worlds. since they can't stop people from using them irresponsibly, it'd be nice if researchers like these could promote safe, responsible (and potentially fruitful) use of substances such as these as an alternative to the ways in which they are currently used
Back from behind the great firewall? It seems like it's been awhile, welcome back. Unless, of course, you've been here the whole time and I'm just an idiot!
