Should Magic Mushrooms Be Given to Terminally Ill Patients? – The Role of Psilocybin in Hospice Care

According to Dr. David Luke, Greenwich University associate professor of psychology, psychedelic drugs may help minimize the fear of death and ‘revolutionize’ home care treatment for those nearing the end of life. “It often relates to a sense of their own existence, they get a glimmer of something which reduces their fear of death, and it’s often that maybe death isn’t the end or something like that,” he says.