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The use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocybin was a legitimate field of medical research in the 1940s and 1950s, and LSD was even employed as a psychiatric medicine. But such research stopped in the mid-1960s when they were declared Schedule 1 illegal drugs in the United States. Over the past decade, however, researchers have returned to studying the therapeutic uses of psychedelics to treat depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and as part of palliative care for those suffering from terminal cancer. Fresh research suggests that psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms", can be a treatment...
