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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by chaps on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @10:51AM (#34232990)
Just one example:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/psilocybin-mush...

  "More than 80% of those who were given the psychedelic treatment had drastically reduced their drinking eight months after the study started, compared to just over 50% in the antihistamine control group, according to results published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry. At the end of the trial, half of those who received psilocybin had quit drinking altogether, compared to about one-quarter of those who were given the antihistamine."
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by rhacker on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:13AM (#34233333)
Sounds like anti-histamines are a good mechanism to stop drinking!
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by chaps on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:47AM (#34233903)
No need for the silly reductionist snark there, friend. They were also given 12 psychotherapy sessions during the 8mo study.
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by gausswho on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @10:56AM (#34233072)
that the placebo led to abstinence in 25% of cases makes me concerned about a selection bias in the pool
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by SeanAnderson on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:02AM (#34233154)
What % would you expect to be affected by the placebo?
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by chairmanwow1 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:21AM (#34233466)
I think most adults are in a steady state for their habitual behaviors around diet / exercise / drinking / drugs. Would be surprised by anything larger than 10% change in control tbh
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by TylerE on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:28AM (#34233575)
FTA: "helped people with alcohol use disorder reduce drinking for at least eight months after their first treatments, results from the largest clinical trial of its kind show."

This isn't a genpop study.

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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by TylerE on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @01:30PM (#34235640)
Also, both prongs were given psychotherapy, also.
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by boomboomsubban on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:10AM (#34233282)
Is it that hard to imagine twelve psychotherapy sessions convincing someone to quit drinking for eight months?
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by more_corn on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:48PM (#34268066)
Have you ever met an alcoholic?
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Re:Legal Use of Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Begins in Oregon by boomboomsubban on Sunday January 08, 2023 @01:07PM (#34301429)
Yes. I've also met former alcoholics, and people who quit for a while then started drinking again. Twelve weeks of therapy leading to eight months of sobriety for 25% of people does not seem surprising.
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