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Old 02-25-2012, 10:54 PM   #208
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Originally Posted by Thor View Post
Nah, it was from around 2000-2003, and nothing since then.

I´d do it again in the right circumstance, its great fun, I can see why shrinks wanted to use it in their practice in the 70´s
It is still being used:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1271380/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...rticle1769938/

From the second link:

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Psilocybin, for example, the psychoactive ingredient in “magic” mushrooms, is being used at New York University for cancer-related anxiety and at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins to help people quit smoking. A Harvard team is developing trial protocols for treating cluster-headache patients with LSD or psilocybin.

The non-profit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is giving MDMA (ecstasy) to victims of PTSD in the U.S., Switzerland and Israel. Similar studies will begin next year in Jordan and in Vancouver.
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