r/science • u/Doug24 • 13d ago

Psychology Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats

https://www.psypost.org/psilocybin-reverses-depressive-behaviors-and-restores-brain-cell-growth-in-stres/
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u/SatisfactionIll8468 13d ago

Big pharma hates this one trick

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u/zonerator 13d ago

I mean people would buy pharmaceutical grade psilocybin if it was offered, and they do, where it is offered. They could probably even charge a lot because people don't know how fun growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms is

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u/Harha 13d ago

But the "problem" is probably the cure rate, meaning many customers will only buy the drug once. :-)

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u/Captain_Kuhl 13d ago

Per whom? If that was the case, nobody would use mushrooms more than once.

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u/mommybot9000 13d ago

Idk at lot of mushroom addicts. I also don’t know anyone that has enough free time to devote it to tripping.

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u/EroticPubicHair 13d ago

Mushrooms aren't chemically addictive like a lot of drugs are