The mushrooms have a hallucinogenic chemical, psilocybin, which has proven effective in treating depression and anxiety, among other conditions. The … Read More

Do you think Psilocybin has therapeutic potential to rewire the brain for people with depression? Psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, have psychoactive and hallucinogenic chemicals, Psilocybin, that can be used to treat anxiety and depression. Psilocybin is the primary psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms.

In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experiences mental illness. By the time Canadians reach 40 years of age, 1 in 2 have had or have a mental illness. For thousands of years, ancient cultures have used psychoactive mushrooms for medicinal purposes.

While nothing is set in stone, ESPN reported earlier this week that the UFC has been in contact with Johns Hopkins University, “with an eye toward seeing if the drugs can be helpful for fighters dealing with brain issues.”

Mona Strelaeff, a 67 year-old woman living in Victoria, B.C., said she was granted an exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act allowing her to consume shrooms to treat ongoing trauma.

And amid the growing buzz around psychedelics, there’s been an exponential explosion in research into LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and ketamine to treat conditions such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and substance-use …

A Vancouver-based psychedelics company has become the first in Canada to complete a legal harvest of magic mushrooms since the last wave of psychedelic research ended there in the 1970s.

Four Canadian cancer patients have been granted permission to use psilocybin as a treatment for end-of-life distress, a groundbreaking role for the hallucinogen in health care.