Psilocybin found to ease end-of-life anxiety in small study of patients with fatal cancer

September 8, 2010, 3:31 am by Scientific American: Health

Can the active ingredient in " magic mushrooms " help those with terminal cancer cope with their fate? That was the question asked by researchers, who published the results of their investigation September 6 in Archives of General Psychiatry . [More] Cancer - Psilocybin - Psilocybin mushroom - Health - Anxiety

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