“We are in the middle of a rapidly evolving cultural, media, and legal landscape when it comes to psychedelics,” says Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

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WASHINGTON (7News) — Poison centers across the country are seeing a dramatic increase in calls regarding magic mushrooms, including a tripling in reports of use among teens 13 to 19 years old.

A hand in a blue glove plucks a white mushroom from a dense stand of mushrooms. Mature magic mushrooms are carefully harvested to minimize damage. Credit: Filament Health Some scientists theorize that ...

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