Psychedelics Show Promise In Treating Depression And Anxiety

It starts with the way psychedelics reset your brain's thought patterns.

Psychedelics Show Promise In Treating Depression And Anxiety

By Chance Seales
March 30, 2018

By Chance Seales
March 30, 2018

Drugs like mushrooms, LSD and ecstasy have long been associated with stoners and dropouts. But a new round of research shows they could be more beneficial than we once thought. Newsy's Chance Seales takes a look.

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