Giving psilocybin, the psychedelic in magic mushrooms, to rats made them more optimistic in the longer term, suggesting that the psychedelic substance could have great potential in treating a core symptom of depression in humans.

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https://newatlas.com/medical/psilocybin-optimism-depression/

[u/Exirr]

Government: people are feeling optimistic from taking it? Make it class A / schedule 1.

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Too much optimism, friggin Timothy Leary ran for governor of California w/ the beatles writing "come together".

What was nixon supposed to do? They shot JFK, man.