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Feb 2018
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Can Magic Mushrooms Help Stop Depression...

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Although psychadelic drugs are largely recreational these days, scientists are looking into potential therapeutic uses -- especially in patients for whom nothing else works. Learn how psilocybin may fight depression in this episode of BrainStuff. 
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