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Are
magic
shrooms
a cure for
gloom?
The race to bring the next generation of
antidepressants to the market is on, and shrooms
are leading the pack. As a trial gets underway
to test the effectiveness of psilocybin – the
psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms –
in treating depression, WH reports from the lab
on the front line of the psychedelic renaissance
By Charlot te H aigh
72 womenshealth.com.au FEBRUARY 2020
