<story><title>Psilocybin &apos;promising&apos; for depression</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56745139</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>simonswords82</author><text>I have a friend who has experienced magic mushrooms recreationally about half a dozen times in her 20s. After each trip she reported feeling clear headed and more mindful - she described it as though her mind&amp;#x27;s harddrive had been defragmented.&lt;p&gt;Fast forward 10 years and that same friend felt low during lockdown over the past 12 months. After reading up online she decided to try microdosing mushrooms rather than the mainstream route her doctor would prescribe - anti depressants.&lt;p&gt;She has been taking a tiny dose every other day and feels immeasurably better. More optimistic about the future. More energy. More focus. Less sad.&lt;p&gt;To say it&amp;#x27;s frustrating to read these official press releases about the positive impact of mushrooms nearly 20 years after she discovered them for the first time is the understatement of a lifetime.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m convinced we&amp;#x27;ll look back at this era as a form of prohibition on drugs that governments threw down as a wide blanket and ultimately society was worse off for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>internetslave</author><text>I know a lot of people whose minds were ruined by psychedelics. It’s something you will see when you spend time in those communities. It doesn’t happen to everyone, but it’s common.</text></comment>
<story><title>Psilocybin &apos;promising&apos; for depression</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56745139</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>simonswords82</author><text>I have a friend who has experienced magic mushrooms recreationally about half a dozen times in her 20s. After each trip she reported feeling clear headed and more mindful - she described it as though her mind&amp;#x27;s harddrive had been defragmented.&lt;p&gt;Fast forward 10 years and that same friend felt low during lockdown over the past 12 months. After reading up online she decided to try microdosing mushrooms rather than the mainstream route her doctor would prescribe - anti depressants.&lt;p&gt;She has been taking a tiny dose every other day and feels immeasurably better. More optimistic about the future. More energy. More focus. Less sad.&lt;p&gt;To say it&amp;#x27;s frustrating to read these official press releases about the positive impact of mushrooms nearly 20 years after she discovered them for the first time is the understatement of a lifetime.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m convinced we&amp;#x27;ll look back at this era as a form of prohibition on drugs that governments threw down as a wide blanket and ultimately society was worse off for.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>simion314</author><text>I have zero experience with drugs,  so I am wondering if there is a sugar&amp;#x2F;cigarette industry that put a lot of money into promoting it&amp;#x27;s products, then what will be different when drugs get legalized?&lt;p&gt;Won&amp;#x27;t we repeat the history where companies make billions from this products, put them into ads to spread the use and addict people, suppress research into bad side effects etc,.&lt;p&gt;Personally I think there are some good applications for mushrooms or marijuana but my instinct is that the greedy people would  do what they do best, sucker people and make big money.</text></comment>