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EPISODE · Nov 6, 2020 · 22 MIN

How psychedelic drugs are being used to help mental health and the terminally ill

from This Matters · host Toronto Star

This week in the U.S. Electoral vote, in Washington, D.C., and Oregon, voters chose to get on the path to decriminalize psilocybin for therapeutic use. This past August in Canada, four terminally ill cancer patients were given approval to use psilocybin as part of their end of life treatment. Psilocybin is the main psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Mushrooms and other psychedelic drugs have long been considered party drugs, but movements are afoot to study and use them for therapeutic purposes. Omar Mosleh is an Edmonton-based Star Reporter who joins This Matters to discusses the latest in research and attempts to find new uses for certain mood altering substances.

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