mo4ch:>Aussie hospital to treat dying patients with ‘magic mushrooms’ in bid to tackle anxiety | Mo4ch News

Terminally ill patients will be treated with ‘magic mushrooms’ at a hospital in Melbourne, Australia, as part of a new medical trial aimed at reducing anxiety in dying people.It took more than a year for the trial at St Vincent’s Hospital to secure approval from the ethics committee and federal and state authorities. It’s now due to begin in April with 30 patients.Participants will be given single does of synthetic ‘psilocybin’, a psychoactive ingredient found in mushrooms, which has been found to unlock part of the brain to alter the user’s outlook.Also on rt.comShroom for improvement: FDA lists psychedelic drugs as ‘breakthrough therapy’ for depressionBenefits of the treatment can last for six months or more. St Vincent’s Hospital say three out of 10 patients in palliative care suffer from extreme distress in their final months, which they’re hoping will be significantly reduced with the psilocybin dose.The trial’s approval was helped by a recent study at John Hopkins University in …