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Reclassification Recommendations for Drug in ‘Magic Mushrooms’

If researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine get their way, psilocybin, a component of something known as “magic mushrooms,” may be declassified from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule IV. A Schedule 1 drug is categorized as such if federal regulators believe there is no known medical potential for it. A Schedule IV drug, on the other hand, means it has a medical use. The Johns Hopkins researchers have been working on clinical trials of psilocybin as a potential aid in smoking...