welcome to the whwhole story. i m anderson cooper. you ve probably heard of magic mushrooms, mushrooms which contain psilocybin, a natural substance. they became popular in the united states in the 1960s, but in the last decade, there s been an increasing amount of research into psilocybin to see if it can help treat depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. magic mushrooms are still illegal on the federal level but a few states have decriminalized them. oregon became the first state to use them in licensed therapy centers. there s still a lot we don t know about psilocybin s effect on the brain long-term. many are asking if it s too soon to offer these treatments. over the next hour, cnn s david culver takes us into this fascinating new world and takes us on a mind-altering journey of his own. embarking on a psychedelic trip thank you. requires a willingness to be vulnerable, to hold nothing back. this wasn t easy, i imagine, for any of you to say, let me jump
story. i m anderson cooper. you ve probably heard of magic mushrooms. mushrooms which contain psilocybin, a natural substance that can cause hallucinations when ingested. magic mushrooms became popular in the united states in the 1960s. but in the last decade there s been an increasing amount of research into psilocybin to see if it could help treat depression, anxiety and substance abuse. magic mushrooms are still illegal on the federal level but a few states have decriminalized them and this year oregon became the first state to legalize the use of psilocybin in licensed therapy centers. there s still a lot we don t know about psilocybin s effect on the brain long term. and many are asking if it s too soon to offer these treatments. over the next hour cnn s david culver takes us into this fascinating new world and takes us on a mind-altering journey of his own. embarking on a psychedelic trip thank you. requires a willingness to be vulnerable, to hold nothing b
treatments. it feels a little different from what i imagine your e.r. environment would be like. oh, my gosh. yeah. and notice the instruments. i ll use the gong, the singing bowls. this is called a tongue drum. it s like a handpan. you use all of these? all of them. he showed me his vision for a mushroom therapy session. let s go ahead and lie this back, get comfortable with the blanket. this is a doctor s office and experience unlike any i ve seen before. just start to kind of slow down your body. start to slow down your mind. calming and cozy. i was asleep within minutes, no
legal anesthetic that s been used since the 70s. it was approved to help people with treatment-resistant depression. dr. mayor gave me a tour of where he plans to conduct psilocybin treatments. it feels a little different from what i imagine your e.r. environment would be like. oh, my gosh. yeah. and notice the instruments. i ll use the gone, the singing bowls. this is called a tongue drum. it s like a hand pan. you use all of these? all of them. he showed me his vision for a mushroom therapy session. let s go ahead and lie this back, get comfortable with the blanket. this is a doctor s office and experience unlike any i ve seen before. just kind of start to slow down your body. start to slow down your mind.