Are “Magic Mushrooms” as Magical As The Name Suggests?

What science and personal experience have to say about them.

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Until very recently, I had no interest in the class of drugs known as psychedelics. In my mind, the people who used these drugs were clueless, aimless, and lost. Just the thought of taking one of these drugs made me fearful of becoming one of those people.