Psychedelic mushrooms have been around for thousands of years, and have been used for research purposes and in religious ceremonies! How do these magic mushrooms work? Tara takes a look at...
========== Magic mushrooms: we know what they do - but
do we know how they work?Hey guys, Tara here for Dnews - and you know
what fascinates me the most about science?The fact that we're still learning new information
on things that have been around for thousandsof years.Take psychedelic mushrooms, or Psilocybin
mushrooms. These have been around since theprehistoric times. There's even a theory,
called the Stoned Ape Theory, which proposesthat humans evolved from early primates through
the use of psychedelic mushrooms. They'vebeen used in religious ceremonies all over
the world for centuries, and it's suggestedthat the use of mushrooms and other psychedelic
drugs, are what formed the basis of modernreligion.Today, people use them mostly recreationall...
