Should the NHS really use magic mushrooms to treat mental health?

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10 Comments

  1. If it helps then yeah.

    If it doesn’t then no.

    Like all medicine, unless there’s a cost issue what’s the question?.

  2. I healed my CPTSD from it. I’d always recommend personally unless someone is dumb and irresponsible

  3. so the 1st person was prescibed it under medical supervision and had a good experience. But the 2nd person took ‘LSD’ recreationally years ago when he was 18 and had a bad trip, umm, how is that a valid comparison lol, the bbc are batshit putting this story out.

  4. As a nutter, I’d rather have them than the pills. Unless they too cause long lasting side effects

  5. klepto_entropoid on

    LSD was used in psychiatry and psychotherapy for decades. It may be surprising to hear but it was found to be most effective in treating alcoholism..

  6. I’m anti-legalising drugs for the public, but I’m completely fine with prescription distribution of certain drugs where there is good scientific evidence to suggest they can help people with various illnesses, diseases, or conditions.

    I don’t think you should just be able to buy cannabis from a shop on your high street and then light it up on the kerb, but some form of medicinal marijuana from a licensed pharmacist for a cancer patient is fine with me, for example.

    I believe there’s also some good evidence that small quantities of LSD can also be helpful for some conditions and patients as well.

  7. Well they’re outsourcing mental health care to churches, community groups and anything else they can think of, so why not.

  8. abyssal-isopod86 on

    If it helps then absolutely.

    If it does not then no.

    Some trials have found that a single dose of psilocybin can act as an antidepressant for up to six months for some people.

    Personally if that works that way from me, you’re damn right I want to take it.

  9. Dismal_Fox_22 on

    Mental ill health maybe. But that’s really quite vague. For the conditions that it has been proven to work for then absolutely. It is negligent not to.

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