Film explores B.C. woman's experience with magic mushrooms to ease cancer anxiety

Laurie Brooks never thought she’d one day use magic mushrooms and advocate for the ability of others to do the same.

The 55-year-old B.C. resident also never imagined having colon cancer and feared the impact her imminent death would have on her husband and four children.

Her journey as a believer in the power of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, began when a friend mentioned she could try a small dose as part of a therapy session to deal with end-of-life anxiety.

The Canadian documentary, Dosed: The Trip of a Lifetime, explores Brooks’ experience with psilocybin, which she says allowed her to gain insight into herself and accept her cancer as it

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