The effort to legalize magic mushrooms as a treatment option for the mental health care crisis is growing in Washington. Oregon voters legalized psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, for use in medical settings, but a similar effort failed in the Washington state legislature recently. As advocates prepare to put the issue before voters this fall, we examine the push to legalize this psychedelic drug for its therapeutic benefits.
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Psilocybin mushrooms on a dehydrator tray. Photographer: Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty Images By Charles Gorrivan September 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM PDT Corrected September 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM PDT Hi, it’s Charles in New York. When Brave New World author Aldous Huxley was on his deathbed in 1963, his wife injected him with two doses of LSD, the powerful psychedelic, as he slipped away. Was Huxley on to something? More on that in a moment, but first … Today’s must-reads RFK Jr. set new priorities for the CDC after firing its director. A big Danish pension fund bets that Novo Nordisk ...
