614 - The Clinical Research Into Psilocybin as a Tool for Mental Health Treatment

Psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, have been used throughout human history. But it's only in the last few decades that researchers have been examining them as a potential tool for treating an array of mental health issues. Albert Garcia-Romeu, a Johns Hopkins behavioral pharmacology researcher, talks with Stephanie Desmon about his research with psilocybin, the promising outcomes, and how approval and proper regulation could lead to a whole class of psychedelic drugs used responsibly as treatment for mental health disorders.