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Psychedelics: A Long, Strange Trip Is Getting Shorter

The stigma surrounding psychedelics has begun to fade—and it’s only taken half a century.

Psychedelics like “magic mushrooms” are psychoactive substances that alter brain function and invoke temporary mental, visual and auditory changes—AKA “tripping,” for those who can recall the 1960’s.

Although humans had used psychedelics for thousands of years, …

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