What are the uses of magic mushrooms?

Answer 1

Psilocybin mushrooms or magic mushrooms as they are more commonly referred to, have multiple medical uses as well as recreational. I'd like to focus on the medical, in studies that were conducted in the late 1950s to early 1960s psilocybin was shown to treat addiction and depression. Most psychedelics have a molecular structure that is similar to serotonin, when you're depressed you aren't receiving your endorphins. Psilocybin acts as the endorphin and releases itself into your reward system, the reason you most likely knew nothing about this is because the pharmaceutical companies do not benefit from this. The current pharmaceutical approach to treatment is with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, which increase levels of serotonin in the brain to improve moods. But SSRIs are not effective in everyone, and take time to show an effect and are generally prescribed for long periods of time to maintain their effect. Psilocybin has also quite recently proven to cure cluster headaches with a monthly dose. Recreationally the psychedelic is used to open the mind or third eye and see the world as we know it in a different light, it was used in religious ceremonies.