"Innovative Therapy Saves Woman with Severe Brain Injury"
TL;DR
After his wife suffered severe brain damage and remained unresponsive in a coma, David turned to an unprecedented therapy involving high doses of distilled liquid psilocybin, a psychedelic drug, in an attempt to restore her consciousness. This controversial treatment, conducted in Colorado where psychedelic mushrooms are decriminalized, raises important ethical questions about consent and the potential for psychedelics to reorganize and rewire the brain in patients with impaired awareness.
Topics:healthhealth-and-medicine#brain-injury#consciousness#ethical-questions#health-and-medicine#psychedelics#therapy
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