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To help parents and kids thrive, Mindful Mama Mentor Hunter Clarke-Fields announces the Raising Good Humans Online Summit this July 11-14, 2023, in sync with her upcoming book launch, "Raising Good Humans Every Day" (New
Former athletes, including ex-Flyers Riley Cote and Steve Downie, have begun turning to psilocybin, the compound in magic mushrooms, to treat traumatic brain injuries, anxiety, and depression. The use of psychedelic mushrooms is gaining traction in the U.S., but many researchers fear the hype is outpacing the science and warn that the treatment comes with significant risks for some patients.
A group of athletes - including one who played for the Lightning - traveled to Jamaica to try psychedelics as a way to help cope with the aftereffects of concussions and a career of body-pounding injuries. Will this still largely untested treatment work?
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Cote, who played four seasons as an enforcer for the Flyers, is a believer in the potential medicinal benefits of magic mushrooms and is featured prominently in the new E:60 episode "Peace of Mind."
Psychedelic mushrooms use for mental health and pain in the U.S. is gaining traction, and some ex-athletes are giving the treatment a chance.