Can magic mushrooms treat depression? How a Canadian microdosing trial aims to find out

As stigmas around psychedelics like psilocybin – the active ingredient in magic mushrooms – are torn down, there’s a corresponding push among scientists to expand our understanding of how they work and the role they could play in improving our health and well-being.

Research into psilocybin has shown that the drug in higher doses appears to increase neuroplasticity, the ability to form or reorganize synaptic connections in the brain.

But whether microdosing can help treat depression is less clear – despite claims from advocates that it works.

Alyssa Julie has more on a Canadian trial that’s hoping to back up those claims with science.

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