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Single psilocybin trip delivers two years of depression relief for cancer patients (www.sciencedaily.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That may or may not happen. There's no need to be a dick and take away what small bit of hope these results might offer people.

Eta: I would feel the same way you do if this was some snake oil grift touting a one shot cure for cancer or something. This, however, is just offering a slight mitigation of depressive symptoms related to the actual disease.