Psychedelics are psychiatryâs new hope
Once-demonised hallucinogens such as psilocybin are showing astonishing promise in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psilocybin is the psychedelic found in âmagic mushroomsâ such as psilocybe semilanceata.Â
Andrew Jacobs
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Itâs been a long, strange trip in the four decades since Rick Doblin, a pioneering psychedelics researcher, dropped his first hit of acid in college and decided to dedicate his life to the healing powers of mind-altering compounds. Even as anti-drug campaigns led to the criminalisation of ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms, and drove most researchers from the field, Doblin continued his quixotic crusade with financial help from his parents.