‘Magic mushroom’ psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit

Mary Beth Orr poses for a photo in her home, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 in Burien, Wash., south of Seattle, while holding medicine bottles used to give her doses of psilocybin, the compound in psychedelic mushrooms, as part of a study to try and help heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely. Orr used to have five or six drinks every evening and more on weekends before she enrolled in the study in 2018. She stopped drinking entirely for two years, and now has an occasional glass of wine, and credits psilocybin for her progress. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

‘Magic mushroom’ psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit