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Psilocybin
Ed Cara
On a sunny September afternoon in Portland, volunteers pour into a Zoom conference room. They’ve come for a weekly update from Oregon’s Yes on Measure 109 campaign — a measure which would create the world’s first market for psilocybin-assisted therapy. The pandemic prevents them from knocking on doors to reach…
New research shows that psilocybin — the psychoactive compound that puts the magic in magic mushrooms — can be made by bioengineered bacteria, highlighting a potential new way of mass-producing the valued chemical.
Magic mushrooms are a strange drug. They’re one part illegal music festival enhancer, one part promising treatment that could have important medical applications. That second use continues to look more and more promising.
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