Recent studies in the United States have shown the effects of the hallucinogen, Psilocybin, more commonly known as magic mushrooms, in the treatment of some cancer patients. Psilocybin, with effects comparable to the street drug LSD, being used to treat people with late-stage cancer in this study This research revives a field of study abandoned in the in the early 1970’s, hoping to establish that hallucinogens improve moods and decrease anxiety in some patients. Most patients tolerate the treatments well, showing no sign of severe anxiety during their treatment sessions, and showing significant improvement with their depression.
After watching my grandmother and step-mother-in-law suffer in the final stages of cancer, I am for any form of treatment that might alleviate the symptoms of this disease. If street drugs can help alleviate the pain and suffering associated with terminal illnesses, the federal government should find a way to regulate the production and distribution of a pharmaceutical grade product, to replace the illegal street variety. If our government would legalize, produce and control the distribution of what are now common street drugs, we could save millions of dollars that we spend on “the war on drugs”, and increase our federal income though taxes on such drugs.
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