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Not So Fast on Magic Mushrooms

Michael Pollan · 10 May 2019

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Psilocybin is a remarkably safe drug, with no known lethal dose and no addictive potential.

In some ways, psilocybin is a remarkably safe drug - there is no known lethal dose (something that can't be said for many medicines sold without a prescription) and it is nonaddictive.

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  1. In some ways, psilocybin is a remarkably safe drug - there is no known lethal dose (something that can't be said for many medicines sold without a prescription) and it is nonaddictive.
  2. in rare instances, a psychedelic trip can set off a psychotic break.
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