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A Brief History of Magic Mushrooms Across Ancient Civilizations

By Kiki Dy — 2021

Though psilocybin has recently become one of the trendiest drugs on the planet for the pharmaceutical industry to capitalize on, the history of magic mushrooms in human hands runs deep. How far back, you wonder? Perhaps the better question is: How long have we existed?

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