<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Consider the Magic Mushroom
The mushroom lobby is microscopic, but the national discourse on psychedelics is expanding. Plus: What pornography is or isn’t doing to (for?) our sex lives, and more
by Shan Wang
May 16, 2019
2 minutes
What We’re Following
(though the city still hasn’t actually made it legal to sell or even possess them), a loosening of restrictions that might expand the use of psychedelics for medical purposes. Some research suggests that psychedelic mushrooms—though extremely tightly regulated—aren’t addictive and might be at least somewhat useful in alleviating a whole host of conditions, from chronic pain to depression to OCD. A
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