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SmokeSomeDoja · 07-01-2008, 08:42 AM

Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug

what else is new?

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Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug

By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

(07-01) 05:59 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) --

In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project.

She felt like she was taking off. She saw colors. Then it felt like her heart was ripping open.

But she called the experience joyful as well as painful, and says that it has helped her to this day.

"I feel more centered in who I am and what I'm doing," said Osborn, now 66, of Providence, R.I. "I don't seem to have those self-doubts like I used to have. I feel much more grounded (and feel that) we are all connected."

Scientists reported Tuesday that when they surveyed volunteers 14 months after they took the drug, most said they were still feeling and behaving better because of the experience.

Two-thirds of them also said the drug had produced one of the five most spiritually significant experiences they'd ever had.

The drug, psilocybin, is found in so-called "magic mushrooms." It's illegal, but it has been used in religious ceremonies for centuries.

The study involved 36 men and women during an eight-hour lab visit. It's one of the few such studies of a hallucinogen in the past 40 years, since research was largely shut down after widespread recreational abuse of such drugs in the 1960s.

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gotta love psilocybin

Patrick Rue · 07-01-2008, 10:51 AM

Yes, I agree.

I absolutely love it. After a 4-5 day L trip and a couple mushroom trips, I've never been so strong and on top of my own shit.

©antSEEme · 07-01-2008, 11:01 AM

concurred x3.

and this thread makes me want to start growing some more shrooms. i havent had them for a while.

verklingen · 07-01-2008, 11:17 AM

mushrooms saved my life, or at least made it worth living.

Rubix · 07-01-2008, 11:49 AM

yep, i wasn't surprised at all when i saw it, but it was on the front page of yahoo.

C_ka · 07-02-2008, 04:18 PM

Study shows "Spiritual" effects of mushrooms last a year:

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "spiritual" effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

The researchers also said their findings show there are safe ways to test psychoactive drugs on willing volunteers, if guidelines are followed.

In 2006, Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues gave psilocybin to 36 volunteers and asked them how it felt. Most reported having a "mystical" or "spiritual" experience and rated it positively.

More than a year later, most still said the experience increased their sense of well-being or life satisfaction, Griffiths and colleagues report in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

"This is a truly remarkable finding," Griffiths said in a statement. "Rarely in psychological research do we see such persistently positive reports from a single event in the laboratory."

The findings may offer a way to help treat extremely anxious and depressed patients, or people with addictions, said Griffiths, whose work was funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse.

"This gives credence to the claims that the mystical-type experiences some people have during hallucinogen sessions may help patients suffering from cancer-related anxiety or depression and may serve as a potential treatment for drug dependence," Griffiths said.

full story -> Study shows Spiritual effects of mushrooms last a year | Reuters

HCL · 07-02-2008, 04:46 PM

Yeah, I saw this on the local news yesterday. Who would've thought they'd actually put something positive on shrooms on the front page, yet they won't do the same with marijuana.

Oh well, at least we're still progressing forward.

SmokeSomeDoja · 07-04-2008, 09:14 AM

i was just reading trip experiences on shroomery.org, and i liked this:

"The world exists the way it is because we [a vast majority, at least] all function on the same level of consciousness."

[emphasis mine]

Dozer McDozer · 07-04-2008, 11:22 AM

i posted a thread just like this...

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Patrick Rue Boss of Bluntville Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 16,429 Thanks: 354 Thanked 245 Times in 122 Posts	Yes, I agree. I absolutely love it. After a 4-5 day L trip and a couple mushroom trips, I've never been so strong and on top of my own shit. __________________ 6 Month Plan

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verklingen what is Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: the foundation of heaven on earth Posts: 5,437 Thanks: 153 Thanked 425 Times in 243 Posts	mushrooms saved my life, or at least made it worth living. __________________ you can't explain the rules of tennis to a dog, but he runs after it and plays with it...like the dog playing with the ball, we don't have the necessary tools needed to interpret the afterlife..until we get there, then a whole new universe is given to us. Perhaps 200 billion light years away, there's the next phase of our existance..Remember you cannot destroy energy, which is all we are... -matthew munari rip matt

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Rubix Stoner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Midwest Posts: 3,104 Thanks: 60 Thanked 55 Times in 43 Posts	yep, i wasn't surprised at all when i saw it, but it was on the front page of yahoo. __________________ would you like a cone with that?

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C_ka Safe mode Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: New Zealand Posts: 866 Thanks: 18 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Study shows "Spiritual" effects of mushrooms last a year: By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "spiritual" effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. The researchers also said their findings show there are safe ways to test psychoactive drugs on willing volunteers, if guidelines are followed. In 2006, Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues gave psilocybin to 36 volunteers and asked them how it felt. Most reported having a "mystical" or "spiritual" experience and rated it positively. More than a year later, most still said the experience increased their sense of well-being or life satisfaction, Griffiths and colleagues report in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. "This is a truly remarkable finding," Griffiths said in a statement. "Rarely in psychological research do we see such persistently positive reports from a single event in the laboratory." The findings may offer a way to help treat extremely anxious and depressed patients, or people with addictions, said Griffiths, whose work was funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse. "This gives credence to the claims that the mystical-type experiences some people have during hallucinogen sessions may help patients suffering from cancer-related anxiety or depression and may serve as a potential treatment for drug dependence," Griffiths said. full story -> Study shows Spiritual effects of mushrooms last a year \| Reuters __________________ Don For Admin! "yes i smoke shit straight off the roach clip.." Peace be with you Everyone. Another police trainer said Chuck Norris was a role model for the police in Falluja, which until 2007 was an al Qaeda stronghold and the scene of fierce battles with security forces. "I've seen his videos, he's a hero. He saves the city, he protects women and children and he fights crime wherever it is. We should all be like Chuck Norris," [KEEP NZ GREEN]

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SmokeSomeDoja Lushous Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Franpsycho Posts: 18,133 Thanks: 100 Thanked 286 Times in 147 Posts	i was just reading trip experiences on shroomery.org, and i liked this: "The world exists the way it is because we [a vast majority, at least] all function on the same level of consciousness." [emphasis mine] __________________ fotoz fo yo azz "I've run over black cats that were luckier than me."

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HCL Hardcore Legend Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Beaverton Posts: 178 Thanks: 13 Thanked 20 Times in 18 Posts	Yeah, I saw this on the local news yesterday. Who would've thought they'd actually put something positive on shrooms on the front page, yet they won't do the same with marijuana. Oh well, at least we're still progressing forward.

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Dozer McDozer yahookan Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: dozin' off... Posts: 373 Thanks: 36 Thanked 32 Times in 28 Posts	i posted a thread just like this...

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