Magic Mushrooms Have Lasting Benefits

[almaty 19]

Research subjects given the drug psilocybin had mixed emotions about the hallucinogenic "trip" produced by the drug, but most seemed to enjoy lasting benefits from the experience, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

The Associated Press reported July 1 that most of the 36 volunteers who took part in the study said that they were feeling and behaving better because of the experience, even 14 months later. And two-thirds of the subjects said that using psilocybin -- the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms" -- produced one of the most important spiritual experiences of their lives.

"I feel more centered in who I am and what I'm doing," said Dede Osborn of Providence, R.I., who was 60 when she took part in the study. "I don't seem to have those self-doubts like I used to have. I feel much more grounded (and feel that) we are all connected."

Study author Roland Griffiths said that psilocybin may have future use in treating mental illness or addiction.

The research was funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I guess mescaline doesn't provide the same benefits...?

[pedroh 21]

share the shrooms y'all

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Hmmm...a friend of mine did shrooms and saw everything in pink during her trip...and for two years, everything white she looked at was pink...she ended up buying lots of pink stuff for her apartment

White is back to white for her now...but it took some time.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Oh but are you experienced??

Have you ever been experienced??

Not necessarily stoned but beautiful

[one...two...tree 2,762]

share the shrooms y'all

Seriously. Let's have a VJ shroom night. I'll check my calendar.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

share the shrooms y'all

Seriously. Let's have a VJ shroom night. I'll check my calendar.

That would last all of a half-hour, when the shrooms kick in and people discover that it's too oppressive to stay inside...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

share the shrooms y'all

Seriously. Let's have a VJ shroom night. I'll check my calendar.

That would last all of a half-hour, when the shrooms kick in and people discover that it's too oppressive to stay inside...

Just what most of us here need...a little encouragement.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

boomers rule

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I am kinda surprised that the psychoactive effects can be beneficial to depressed people. I'd have thought anyone with a negative self-image would have a terrible time with this kind of thing.

[sara535 15]

well that explains my sunny disposition!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

well that explains my sunny disposition!

[Krikit 1,164]

The Associated Press reported July 1 that most of the 36 volunteers who took part in the study said that they were feeling and behaving better because of the experience, even 14 months later.

They only had 36 volunteers?

[almaty 19]

i would volunteer..i was in a study many years ago on sex stimulus and marijuana./..i did not amke it past the introductiona nd my results were invalid..

[Krikit 1,164]

i would volunteer..i was in a study many years ago on sex stimulus and marijuana./..i did not amke it past the introductiona nd my results were invalid..

You kept getting distracted?