http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/5319/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/first_magic_mushroom_depression_trial_hits_stumbling_block <p>The world's first clinical trial designed to explore using a hallucinogen from magic mushrooms to treat people with depression has stalled because of British and European rules on the use of illegal drugs in research.</p> <p>David Nutt, president of the British Neuroscience Association and professor of neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, said he had been granted an ethical green light and funding for the trial, but regulations were blocking it.</p> <p>"We live in a world of insanity in terms of regulating drugs," he told a neuroscience conference in London on Sunday.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/first_magic_mushroom_depression_trial_hits_stumbling_block#comments depression Drug and Alcohol Prohibition hallucinogen magic mushrooms News Article psilocybin Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:44:11 +0000 B-Nolfi 29700 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/magic_mushrooms_may_ease_anxiety_cancer <p>The hallucinogen psilocybin -- known by the street name magic mushrooms -- may help ease the anxiety that often accompanies late-stage cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/magic_mushrooms_may_ease_anxiety_cancer#comments cancer Drug and Alcohol Prohibition Headline News Health Issues magic mushrooms News Article pain science