Study: Mushroom Drugs Produce Mystical Experiences
Duh!
In a Johns Hopkins study, many volunteers who took a single dose of psilocybin-laden “magic” mushrooms said it was “one of the most meaningful or spiritually significant experiences of their lives. Some compared it to the birth of a child or the death of a parent.”
Wait, before you go…AP:
People who took an illegal drug made from mushrooms reported profound mystical experiences that led to behavior changes lasting for weeks ? all part of an experiment that recalls the psychedelic ’60s.
Many of the 36 volunteers rated their reaction to a single dose of the drug, called psilocybin, as one of the most meaningful or spiritually significant experiences of their lives. Some compared it to the birth of a child or the death of a parent.
Such comments “just seemed unbelievable,” said Roland Griffiths of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, the study’s lead author.
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