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Magic Medicine

Magic Medicine

A Documentary About Highs & Lows

2018•1h 19m•5.8/10
Documentary

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5.8/10(7)

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.

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Production

Dartmouth Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Robin Carhart-Harris

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Rosalind Watts

Self

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