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Let's talk about psychedelic therapy in medicine

By Daniel Monta帽o
Published February 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM MST
Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, may soon be approved for medical use in the land of enchantment, bringing relief to people suffering from depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, and end-of-life anxiety, after a bill was shown unanimous bipartisan support in committee late in the day on February 11th.
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Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, may soon be approved for medical use in the land of enchantment, bringing relief to people suffering from depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, and end-of-life anxiety, after a bill was shown unanimous bipartisan support in committee late in the day on February 11th.

Let's Talk New Mexico, 2/27 8am: This year , the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, to from depression and anxiety, to substance use disorder and cluster headaches. using drugs such as , also known as acid, and , the main ingredient in ayahuasca, are gaining mainstream momentum across the country. have , MDMA, or ecstasy, has shown . These drugs, however, remain largely illegal by state and federal laws.

This week on Let's Talk New Mexico we鈥檒l be talking about using psychedelics as medicine, and we鈥檇 like to hear from you. Have you or a loved one benefited from these therapies? Do you think there is potential for genuine medical uses or is this just a fad in health care? What do you think should be done about the legal status of these substances? Leave a voice message by clicking the link below, email letstalk@kunm.org or call in live Thursday morning at 8am and share your thoughts.

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Daniel Monta帽o is a reporter with 91暗网's Public Health, Poverty and Equity project. He is also an occasional host of Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Let's Talk New Mexico since 2021, is a born and bred Burque帽o who first started with 91暗网 about two decades ago, as a production assistant while he was in high school. During the intervening years, he studied journalism at UNM, lived abroad, fell in and out of love, conquered here and there, failed here and there, and developed a taste for advocating for human rights.
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