EXCLUSIVE: Could magic mushrooms treat depression? BBC Newsnight

Could the "magic" element of magic mushrooms - psilocybin - treat people with severe depression? Researchers at Imperial College have just published the results of a trial looking at exactly this. Newsnight had exclusive access to this controversial drugs trial. James Clayton reports. The film was produced and directed by David Fuller.  

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