Psilocybin: The Science Behind Magic Mushrooms' Great Healing Potential

A study led by Francisco Moreno, MD, professor of psychiatry in the College of Medicine – Tucson, called into question the Food and Drug Administration’s first authorization in 1970 of a preliminary U.S. clinical analysis of psilocybin, a psychedelic substance found in mushrooms, that found it to be an effective treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.