Psychedelic Mushrooms in the USA: Knowledge, Patterns of Use, and Association With Health Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Popular media coverage of psychedelics use, growing research into this class of compounds for psychiatry and decriminalization initiatives, are transforming the public perception of psychedelics. However, little is known about levels of knowledge and psychedelic mushroom (PM) use among American adults. Methods: We examined PM use and various measures of health status, quality of life, and self-reported mental health outcome measures obtained through a national on-line, cross-sectional survey of adults with a demographic composition representative of the US adult population by region, gender, age, and race (weighted N = 251,297,495) from November 2020-March 2021. Results: General mental health and well-being were popular reasons for PM use (63.6%),

SUBMITTER: Matzopoulos R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761614 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature