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Magic mushroom chemical cuts nerve pain and enhances drug

20+ hour, 12+ min ago  (238+ words) A single dose of psilocybin " the active compound in magic mushrooms " reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, University of Reading research has found. The most significant finding was how…...