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Magic Medicine

Psychedelics are, forme easily the best tool that exists to study boththe mind and the...

psychedelics are, for
me easily the best tool that exists to study both
the mind and the brain

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psychedelics are, for me easily the best tool
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that exists to study both the mind and the brain.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:39
Uploaded
Jun 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Dartmouth Films

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In 2012 a team of medical researchers asked themselves, "what would happen if we gave psilocybin (magic mushrooms) to people suffering from severe depression"? It took them three years to get the necessary permissions to find out.
Professor David Nutt, head of neuro psychopharmacology - Magic Medicine 00:07
Professor David Nutt, head of neuro psychopharmacology
And in the cortex, you do your hearing and your seeing etc. - Magic Medicine 00:05
And in the cortex, you do your hearing and your seeing etc.
But also in this part of the cortex, - Magic Medicine 00:07
But also in this part of the cortex,
It integrates what you can see and hear - Magic Medicine 00:08
It integrates what you can see and hear
It's a fundamental neurotransmitter - Magic Medicine 00:08
It's a fundamental neurotransmitter
And what psilocybin and other plant products do is - Magic Medicine 00:16
And what psilocybin and other plant products do is
As it will launch - Magic Medicine 00:09
As it will launch
Sometimes you think they be strong because you don't want - Magic Medicine 00:08
Sometimes you think they be strong because you don't wa...
I woke in the early hours and I was weeping - Magic Medicine 00:07
I woke in the early hours and I was weeping
It's quite difficult. It's it's quite tough - Magic Medicine 00:13
It's quite difficult. It's it's quite tough
And a psychologist and psychiatrist always in the room. - Magic Medicine 00:05
And a psychologist and psychiatrist always in the room.
The experience of taking the capsules is going - Magic Medicine 00:04
The experience of taking the capsules is going
He's never experienced anything like this at all - Magic Medicine 00:04
He's never experienced anything like this at all
He's someone that really enjoys kind of the predictability - Magic Medicine 00:12
He's someone that really enjoys kind of the predictabil...
I can remember being in the doctor's - Magic Medicine 00:08
I can remember being in the doctor's
You know, I worked as a scientist and as a team leader, - Magic Medicine 00:19
You know, I worked as a scientist and as a team leader,
And I went to see the occupational health nurse. - Magic Medicine 00:06
And I went to see the occupational health nurse.
Before I knew it was in floods of tears - Magic Medicine 00:05
Before I knew it was in floods of tears
And she said to me, there's something seriously wrong me. - Magic Medicine 00:05
And she said to me, there's something seriously wrong m...
And yeah, we're, what, 13 years down the road now. - Magic Medicine 00:06
And yeah, we're, what, 13 years down the road now.