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With medical marijuana leading the way in California, it seems that Timothy Leary's dream may just have come true. At John Hopkins medical school, psilocybin—the psychoactive ingredient found in mushrooms—is being used in experiments to treat extreme cases of depression....   >>>

With medical marijuana leading the way in California, it seems that Timothy Leary's dream may just have come true. At John Hopkins medical school, psilocybin—the psychoactive ingredient found in mushrooms—is being used in experiments to treat extreme cases of depression.



A large-scale conference in San Jose, California will discuss the possible uses of the substance in treating OCD, anxiety disorders associated with fatal diseases, PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,) and drug and alcohol addictions. And with more standardized protocols and better brain scans, the experiments may spell different for hallucinogens. Neural imaging has shown that brains undergoing life-changing revelations are similar to brains participating in the hallucinogenic experiments.



Though the experiments with psilocybin and other hallucinogens potentially area definite plus in terms of treating serious debilitating psychological disorders, what does it say about so-called transcendent religious experiences?