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LiberalLoner

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59. Cool! If it ever becomes legal I might try it. I don't like the idea of being impaired but I do

Reply to Goddessartist (Reply #57)

Tue Jul 6, 2021, 11:38 AM

Jul 2021

Like the idea of my brain being healed. I wonder if microdoses that didn’t get a person high would work?

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Single dose of psilocybin spurs growth of neural connections lost in depression [View all] Richard D Jul 2021 OP

I wonder if psilocybin might help with Alzheimer's? BComplex Jul 2021 #1

This is a very good question . . . Richard D Jul 2021 #2

That was my first thought peggysue2 Jul 2021 #7

I wonder if it would be helpful for us MS patients, too? LiberalLoner Jul 2021 #8

That was my thought as well. Ellipsis Jul 2021 #13

Repairs Of Lesions? ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #48

I have a good friend with MS and she's been taking it for several years Goddessartist Jul 2021 #57

Cool! If it ever becomes legal I might try it. I don't like the idea of being impaired but I do LiberalLoner Jul 2021 #59

Not only psilocybin but LSD too helps with Alzheimer's. panader0 Jul 2021 #18

My very first thought Hekate Jul 2021 #20

Exactly. My question too. Captain Zero Jul 2021 #26

amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles nvme Jul 2021 #35

You would have to stay with the patient while they are Under the Influence. flying_wahini Jul 2021 #61

Hmmm, I could use some of that. triron Jul 2021 #3

when do they need human study volunteers? eShirl Jul 2021 #4

My God how do I get some? Saoirse9 Jul 2021 #5

first you find a cow azureblue Jul 2021 #16

Cow Pies to the rescue ! Captain Zero Jul 2021 #27

I happen to live across the street from a cow Saoirse9 Jul 2021 #32

Doesn't have to be fresh cow manure. Just where some was dropped. elevator Jul 2021 #42

Because some people H2O Man Jul 2021 #17

That's a bummer I have no source for them Saoirse9 Jul 2021 #22

There are states H2O Man Jul 2021 #24

You can order the spores on-line and grow your own. elevator Jul 2021 #43

Cool! Saoirse9 Jul 2021 #44

You can order spores, but not dried mushrooms. Spores are legal because they don't contain Lochloosa Jul 2021 #49

The Psilocybin cubensis mushroom is everywhere there's a cow or horse pasture in Florida. Ligyron Jul 2021 #30

I have a friend H2O Man Jul 2021 #39

It seems to me that things were pretty much ok with just the psychedelics and weed. Ligyron Jul 2021 #41

THIS lookyhereyou Jul 2021 #64

I was in grad scholl at UGA in Athens, Ga. in 1973-74. elevator Jul 2021 #45

That was a great era to be young for sure. Ligyron Jul 2021 #46

Wish I could get my hands on some of that. Crunchy Frog Jul 2021 #37

While I respect that H2O Man Jul 2021 #40

While the mushrooms are illegal Danascot Jul 2021 #29

Read Michael Pollan's "how to change your mind" Javaman Jul 2021 #65

Good tip I will read it! Thanks! Saoirse9 Jul 2021 #66

It really is something . . . Richard D Jul 2021 #6

Yet my guy can't get shit superpatriotman Jul 2021 #9

I guess that would explain.... SergeStorms Jul 2021 #10

I used to practice the same ritual, back in the day. I lived in a house in the country with cow japple Jul 2021 #34

Nothing like cow patty 'shrooms..... SergeStorms Jul 2021 #38

They released a study a year or two ago IbogaProject Jul 2021 #11

I guess I need to hit the cow pasture for some shrooms. Chainfire Jul 2021 #12

Oregon Timewas Jul 2021 #14

Excellent! calimary Jul 2021 #47

Let's hope this leads to a "cure" for depression, a dreadful disorder. nt Hortensis Jul 2021 #15

Rather than a cure, H2O Man Jul 2021 #19

Yes. I should have said better treatment, but I was excited by Hortensis Jul 2021 #25

Many years ago, H2O Man Jul 2021 #28

Psilocybin can provide a wonderful ease at life's end. quaint Jul 2021 #21

K&R! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #23

Dangerous to pick random wild fungi FakeNoose Jul 2021 #31

I wish I could get psychedelic therapy I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #33

Not a very interesting finding Loki Liesmith Jul 2021 #36

I think I heard a report that it or LSD is being tested in humans Ilsa Jul 2021 #50

K & R Duppers Jul 2021 #51

This kind of research is something they should really pick up the pace on. smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #52

Interesting burrowowl Jul 2021 #53

When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go struggle4progress Jul 2021 #54

I've been known to burst into song with "White Rabbit" from time to time Wicked Blue Jul 2021 #56

K&R Blue Owl Jul 2021 #55

I must have some really awesome neural pathways. BobTheSubgenius Jul 2021 #58

DC decriminalized it earlier this year IronLionZion Jul 2021 #60

Vaccinated mushrooms? malthaussen Jul 2021 #62

Huh. I just thought it was because I'm a happy idiot. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jul 2021 #63

I had a buddy that was a grower some years ago. panader0 Jul 2021 #67