Barry Blechman took psilocybin to deal with the angst and the depression prompted by his cancer diagnosis. “Psilocybin therapy has been a life-changing experience,” he said.Shuran Huang for The New York Times
Barry Blechman, 81, an international relations analyst with metastatic bladder cancer, traveled last winter from his home in Washington, D.C., to a clinic in Bend, Ore., where he drank a tea containing psilocybin, the psychoactive component of magic mushrooms. He then stretched out on the floor and closed his eyes.
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