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
Take a couple deep breaths and notice what s happening inside. when you re facilitating the group session, it s non-directive. it s not it s not talk therapy. a seasoned therapist, tom eckert, is with intertrek, a new company founded to train facilitators in oregon. tom and his late wife played a big role in bringing legalized psilocybin therapy services to the state. we were the first to bring this idea forward that maybe there s a campaign to bring this into existence. it passed in oregon with 55% of the vote. maybe you start to notice your breath. oregon s regulations will require facilitators to administer the doses of psilocybin in licensed service centers. at least a dozen expected to open in the state by the end of the year. in
Mushroom and those hoping to harness its potential. in 2020 oregon residents voted to legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use, the first state in the u.s. to do so. in january the law took effect. you get to decide how big you want the group to be. it requires those who will administer psilocybin, or facilitators, to be trained and certified. during the role plays there might be some whispering. i want to make sure you can hear everything that s happening. courses aimed to help facilitators guide others through a range of psychedelic trips. so i d like to invite all of us to focus inwardly. take a couple deep breaths and notice what s happening inside. when you re facilitating the group session, it s non-directive. it s not it s not talk therapy. a seasoned therapist, tom
Tom foley is guilty, and i m asking you to bring back that verdict. the outcome of tom s second trial was far from certain. what worried you the most? just that he was such a nice guy that you would never have guessed he would have done something like that. he didn t seem like a murderer. right. and then at the fabled eleventh hour, it was time. the jury filed in. were they looking at you, the jurors? no, they weren t. i took a couple deep breaths and i just your honor, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. the waiting had paid off. as to count two? not guilty. the reaction of tom at the time of the verdict, absolutely incredible. thank you, thank you, thank you! he collapsed to the floor and wept for 20 minutes. unbelievable. he got away with murder, but he almost didn t.