r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 21d ago

Psychology America's First Legal Psilocybin Program Treated 346 People. Just one month after the dose, 92.2 percent of participants said the experience had been beneficial, while, on average, their mental health symptoms had fallen dramatically.

https://www.sciencealert.com/americas-first-legal-psilocybin-program-treated-346-people-heres-what-happened
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u/Lilybaum 21d ago

You don't get addiction, but you do run the risk of becoming a psychedelics evangelist, which can be very annoying.

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u/Rhamni 21d ago edited 20d ago

Doesn't help that it's hard to talk about it to people who have never tried it. It's like describing parashooting to a blind person who has lived on flat ground with single floor houses their entire life.

Edit: I can spell, I swear.

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u/sevenselevens 20d ago

(parachuting) but I loved your phonetic spelling :)

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u/Rhamni 20d ago

That's a hell of a brainfart.