Want to Quit Smoking? Eat a Magic Mushroom
The challenge to quit smoking can be intense, and said to be more difficult than quitting some of the harder drugs available. Almost half a million American’s die from smoking related diseases each year, making it the largest preventable cause of death. Millions of dollars of research have been churned through in efforts to find successful ways to kick the habit.
Enter John Hopkins University with their latest findings on the matter. A study has been conducted in a carefully controlled setting where smokes were introduced to magic mushrooms three times over two months. With each introduction, a dose of psilocybin was increased.
The Journal of Psychopharmacology has since published the findings which have shown an 80 percent success in abstinence after six months. No other treatment has had a success rate measured this high, including one of the more effective drugs on the market, varenicline, with a measured success rate of 35 percent.
The study has excited the scientific community, but it isn’t the first time the hallucinogenic agent in magic mushrooms has proven its medical benefits. Psilocybin has also displayed itself to be an effective treatment with those suffering depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders, CNN has reported.
“Quitting smoking isn’t a simple biological reaction to psilocybin, as with other medications that directly affect nicotine receptors,” Dr. Matthew Johnson, the study’s lead author and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, wrote. “When administered after careful preparation and in a therapeutic context, psilocybin can lead to deep reflection about one’s life and spark motivation to change.”
Dr. Johnson continues to research the effects of psilocybin, comparing results to nicotine patches; and also using the MRI scans to “study brain activity in participants.”
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Great news !! I've heard of people overcoming many things with mushrooms. Here in the Netherlands you can just buy them at a smart-shop, and i've used them many times.
At first there is this great sensation, that over-time, becomes this spiritual inner-body experience like no other. I've had great inspiration and idea's while coming down from a mushroom trip. Nature is great and if we would only treat and apply her in the correct way, she could solve many of our deepest problems.
"A shroom-trip a year, keeps your inner hearth warm and near." ;)
"A shroom-trip a year, keeps your inner hearth warm and near." ;) @timtech
I totally agree. Used responsibly can cure many problems that our un natural society creates :) following you too
In Sweden Psilocybe semilanceata grows freely in Autumn. Good spots to find them is in meadows and golf courses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_semilanceata
In my opinion though smoking isn't black and white. It's the modern way of smoking that is the biggest detriment. Here's a list of cigarette smoke carcinogens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cigarette_smoke_carcinogens
I make my own cigarettes on Nicotiana/organic whole tobacco leaves, Lavender, Linden tree flowers/leaves, Mentha/Mint, St John's wort, Ginko Biloba etc. It is a much better alternative to smoking the commercial cigarettes and I find it has a lot of positive effects aswell.
Great post.. Psilocybin mushrooms are medicinal and should be treated this way. My dad suffers from deppression. I believe this drug would help him alot, but he wont take them with me as it is illegal. They are illegal as soon as they are picked in the UK.. bloody nonesence!!
Show him this article, if he says ok, go find some mushroom expert and find and pick them together with him.
Sounds like a good plan.. I will be visiting him tomorrow, I will bring up the subject again :)
@artsystuff, St John's wort - highly effective against depression
https://www.drugs.com/comments/st-john-s-wort/
Thankyou I will do some research and see what we can do :) thanks again
Your welcome @artsystuff. I'm a wealth of experience, knowledge and information when it comes to healing yourself. Pure water is key!
Awesome!!! Very useful information for those who wants and need to quit smoking. Really mashrooms are very hygenic foods. Thanks for sharing.
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This is no surprise to me. I've used mushrooms to combat alcoholism and they worked! I hope medicine like this becomes more available to the American public in the future (short of finding your own in the forest).
Congratulations!