Single dose of 'magic mushrooms' hallucinogen may create lasting personality change, study suggests

Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

A single high dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called "magic mushrooms," was enough to bring about a measurable personality change lasting at least a year in nearly 60 percent of the participants in a new study, according to researchers.

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