[ExI] 'Magic mushroom' compound may work just as well as antidepressants, small study finds

[William Flynn Wallace]

Yes, but medical marijuana has the THC taken out of it - no highs.  LSD and
the rest are unaltered, as I understand it, and people will get high or
whatever you want to call it, and many conservatives will have big problems
with that.  bill w

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 11:03 AM Nuala Thomson via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> They can't patent it but if medicinal marijuana can get passed then I
> don't see why this can't, except they have to spend money and roll out an
> approval system. Obviously costing a lot to hire the right people, federal
> courts, FDA, etc. Etc.
>
> On Sat., Apr. 17, 2021, 00:55 William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat, <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Here's the problem:  only Big PHarma has the money, often billions
>> needed, to fully test a drug and get FDA approval, and they are not going
>> to do that for this type of drug -can't make any money from it - can't
>> patent it, etc.   bill w
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 9:47 AM Nuala Thomson via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Micro dosing has been around for ages. I think LSD yields similar
>>> results and micro dosing mdma has helped couples/marriages.
>>> The problem is getting this sort of therapy approved as mainstream and
>>> more providers able to administer it.
>>> Regardless, I'm definitely not adverse to a "reset" once or twice a year.
>>> I think it's beneficial even outside of a therapy session as I find it
>>> helps with my own spirituality and exploration.
>>>
>>> On Fri., Apr. 16, 2021, 21:57 John Grigg via extropy-chat, <
>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Psilocybin, the hallucinogen found in "magic mushrooms," may work just
>>>> as well as a common antidepressant drug at treating symptoms of depression,
>>>> a small new study suggests.
>>>>
>>>> The study found that people who took psilocybin twice under the
>>>> supervision of psychiatrists showed similar reductions in *depression*
>>>> <https://www.livescience.com/34718-depression-treatment-psychotherapy-anti-depressants.html>
>>>> symptoms — based on scores on a survey — compared with people who took a
>>>> six-week course of the antidepressant escitalopram. And those in the
>>>> psilocybin group were more likely to report remission from depression
>>>> symptoms, compared with those in the escitalopram group, according to the
>>>> study, published Wednesday (April 14) in *The New England Journal of
>>>> Medicine* <http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032994>.
>>>>
>>>> "One of the most important aspects of this work is that people can
>>>> clearly see the promise of properly delivered psilocybin therapy by viewing
>>>> it compared with a more familiar, established treatment in the same study,"
>>>> study lead author Robin Carhart-Harris, head of the Centre for Psychedelic
>>>> Research at Imperial College London, *said in a statement*
>>>> <https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2021-04/icl-mmc041321.php>.
>>>> "Psilocybin performed very favourably in this head-to-head [trial]."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.livescience.com/psilocybin-versus-antidepressants-magic-mushrooms.html
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