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Title: Legal Magic Mushrooms Could End The Antidepressant Industry By Curing Depression
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We Are Change
URL Source: http://wearechange.org/legal-magic- ... nt-industry-curing-depression/
Published: Jan 16, 2017
Author: Macey Tomlin
Post Date: 2017-02-01 12:53:51 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2651
Comments: 8
With new scientific research underway, individuals who struggle with severe depression may turn their backs to the pharmaceutical companies and try a more natural—yet highly illegal—substance to alleviate their symptoms.
For years, many individuals have looked to pharmaceutical companies for a solution to their unhappiness. According to a report published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the percentage of Americans taking antidepressants has nearly doubled between 1999 and 2012.
It is estimated that 1 in every 10 Americans takes an antidepressant.
Until recently, the psychological effects of patients who take antidepressants were vastly over-looked and were not taken into much consideration. A study conducted by the University of Liverpool found that the psychological and interpersonal effects of taking antidepressants could be “worse than previously thought.”
Although 82 percent of participants claimed antidepressants helped alleviate their depression, 60 percent reported feelings of “emotional numbness,” and over one-third of the participants reported suicidal thoughts.
In a study conducted to understand how different cultures express sympathy, research suggests that Americans are more positive when expressing sorrowful emotions and also tend to avoid negative feelings more than other cultures. This avoidance of difficult emotions could explain why nearly 41 million Americans seek emotional relief through antidepressants. With more Americans dying annually from suicide than in car accidents, it seems fairly urgent that an actual cure for depression should be offered to the public, if found.
Recently, a trial conducted by the Imperial College of London reaffirmed the effectiveness of psilocybin, a psychedelic found naturally in various types of mushrooms around the world, in treating mental health issues. 12 participants with severe, drug-resistant depression volunteered to take high doses of psilocybin.
According to the study, “the patients received Home Office-approved psilocybin capsules during two dosing sessions seven days apart.” Within one week, the participants no longer experienced symptoms of depression or self-loathing. Three months after the trial, five of the participants still had no lingering symptoms of depression or anxiety.
Andrew Thayer, a participant in the study explains his psychedelic experience as pleasant at first, but later became “dark.” Ross Watts, a psychologist, assisted Thayer throughout his entire experience.
“Often with psychedelics, emotions and difficult experiences that have been repressed because they’re so uncomfortable and painful come to the surface, and that can be very healthy and very positive in terms of change,” Watts said. “Avoidance of difficult emotion is really at the heart of many mental health difficulties.”
Psilocybin mushrooms are illegal to obtain in many countries and are listed as a Schedule 1 substance with no currently accepted medical value in the United States. Government regulations make it extremely challenging for researchers to access permission to conduct scientific studies, and therefore research on what could be adopted as the new antidepressant is being purposefully held back.
Psilocybin is considered by experts to be one of the safest psychoactive compounds available. It is a non-addictive and has no overdose risk. Psilocybin is safer to use than tobacco and alcohol and does not come with the risk of suicide as a side-effect. With proper dosage and care, we can be hopeful that future scientific studies reaffirming the effectiveness of psychedelics will help to redefine them as therapeutic tools instead of drugs that cause chaos in society.
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Stanford Psychologist: People From Different Cultures Express Sympathy Differently
http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_statistics_depression
Psychological Side Effects of Antidepressants Worse Than Thought
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Before anyone runs out into the woods to pick mushrooms, a word of caution!
I use to work with a couple of guys that loved to hunt for, pick, fry & eat wild mushrooms.
I never wanted any, I only like mushrooms on pizza. Both guys showed me several types that they had picked. They loved the " OK " species. They had their own recipes for batter, how to cook, etc. They claimed some of them were quite dangerous, and could seriously harm, or even kill you. Personally, looking at them, I could not tell the difference.
So, if one is going to consume those things, the wild variety, you better know WTH you are doing!
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907.
I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
#2. To: Stoner (#1)
They loved the " OK " species. They had their own recipes for batter, how to cook, etc. They claimed some of them were quite dangerous, and could seriously harm, or even kill you. Personally, looking at them, I could not tell the difference.So, if one is going to consume those things, the wild variety, you better know WTH you are doing!
I have heard of accounts of amateurs dying or nearly dying mistaking mushrooms picked in the wild. The toxins can destroy the liver, and some have survived only with a liver transplant.
But it's cool that magic mushrooms might have such a massively beneficial and long term impact on depression.
#3. To: Pinguinite (#2)
" I have heard of accounts of amateurs dying or nearly dying mistaking mushrooms picked in the wild. The toxins can destroy the liver, and some have survived only with a liver transplant. "
That is what essentially my friends told me. The idiots that do it on their own, may self cleanse the gene pool.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907.
I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
Legal Magic Mushrooms Could End The Antidepressant Industry By Curing Depression
holding the head down in a bucket of water would work just as well. If you use distilled water in the bucket, that would make it natural.
#5. To: Deckard, Stoner (#0)
Psilocybin mushrooms are illegal to obtain in many countries and are listed as a Schedule 1 substance with no currently accepted medical value in the United States. Government regulations make it extremely challenging for researchers to access permission to conduct scientific studies, and therefore research on what could be adopted as the new antidepressant is being purposefully held back.Psilocybin is considered by experts to be one of the safest psychoactive compounds available. It is a non-addictive and has no overdose risk. Psilocybin is safer to use than tobacco and alcohol and does not come with the risk of suicide as a side-effect. With proper dosage and care, we can be hopeful that future scientific studies reaffirming the effectiveness of psychedelics will help to redefine them as therapeutic tools instead of drugs that cause chaos in society.
Coumadin is a legal drug which, if taken at the requisite dosage, will cure feelings of depression more quickly and effectively than the illegal psylocybin; it is not a psychedelic, and the effects are longer lasting.
For those who have been doped into a psychedelic stupor for the past eight years, the election of the great Donald Trump as President should also yield significant benefit.
The instant study, in a clinical setting, did not administer magic mushrooms, but rather a chemical compound derived from said mushrooms.
As for the idiotic headline implication that magic mushrooms are legal in the UK, where the instant study occurred, they are not.
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http://www.drugwise.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ukpga_20160002_en.pdf
Magic mushrooms ban becomes lawBBC News
Last Updated: Monday, 18 July 2005, 00:11 GMT 01:11 UKHow UK's love of mushrooms grew
A law banning magic mushrooms and making them a class A drug has come into force.
The Drugs Act 2005 ends the situation in which fresh magic mushrooms were legal but those which were dried or prepared for use were not.
Sellers have condemned the move, saying mushrooms are not harmful and accusing ministers of a knee-jerk reaction.
But the Home Office said the drug was harmful to some users and added the move clarified the existing law.
Home Office Minister Paul Goggins said in a statement: "Magic mushrooms are a powerful hallucinogen and can cause real harm, especially to vulnerable people and those with mental health problems.
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[Article] Recently, a trial conducted by the Imperial College of London reaffirmed the effectiveness of psilocybin, a psychedelic found naturally in various types of mushrooms around the world, in treating mental health issues.
This claim is utter bullshit.
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_17-5-2016-10-42-14
Magic mushroom compound tested for treatment-resistant depressionby Kate Wighton
17 May 2016A small scale study into treating depression using psilocybin, the psychedelic compound of magic mushrooms, has found it can be safely administered.
The study team, from Imperial College London, say this could pave the way for future randomised-controlled trials to establish the efficacy of the compound in treating this form of depression.
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The study does not claim to have proved effectiveness. As indicated, it only paved the was for future studies designed to establish the effectiveness of the compound.
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[Article] Legal Magic Mushrooms Could End The Antidepressant Industry By Curing Depression
In the real world, possessing the substance in the UK can get one 7 years in prison and a fine.
http://www.drugwise.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/ukpga_19710038_en.pdf
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (UK)
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https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/truffles-magic-mushrooms-uk-892
Why Is It So Easy to Get Psychedelic Drugs Shipped Into the UK?
Charlie Gilmour
Vice
Jan 26 2016, 5:20am
"In the UK, 'fungus of any kind which contains psilocin or an ester of psilocin is controlled as a class A drug," says Kirstie Douse, Head of Legal Services at drug law charity Release. "Psilocin is the active substance in psilocybin mushrooms. The 'magic truffles' are a fungus, so there is absolutely no difference between the legality of these and 'magic mushrooms'."That drug dealers are out of touch with the law shouldn't be a surprise, but it does seem a little irresponsible to offer so little warning when the consequences for customers could be dire. In the UK, mere possession of a class A drug can land you "up to seven years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both".
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#6. To: Stoner (#1)
I will testify that the proper "shroom" shake or tea, will lift the depression quite well. Furthermore, paraplegic legs may actually regain movement for a moment. It seems like the motion was not controlled though, more of a result of the so called body rush. Or as my brother used to call it, "pickin' and grinnin"
Exercising rights is only radical to two people, Tyrants and Slaves. Which are YOU? Our ignorance has driven us into slavery and we do not recognize it.
#7. To: Stoner (#1)
Before anyone runs out into the woods to pick mushrooms, a word of caution!
Just like the words of caution that is stated at the end of each drug commercial on television.
I do not go to church every time the doors are opened, but I love Jesus Christ. I am only human and fail Him daily. I believe Jesus is the Son of God, was born of a virgin, was crucified on a cross, died for my sins and rose from the dead and that He loves us dearly, and is faithful to forgive us of our sins. But He says that if you deny me in front of your friends I will deny you in front of my Father. Can I get an Amen!
#8. To: U don't know me (#7)
" Just like the words of caution that is stated at the end of each drug commercial on television. "
So? What is your point ?
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907.
I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
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