What do people typically use psilocybin for?

Evidence-based data from our psilocybin study, which enrolled over 8,000 individuals across the world, found that  participants primarily used psilocybin (non-exclusively) with the intention of self-exploration (>80%), mental health (>70%), and therapy >40%). Approximately 37% used psilocybin for recreational purposes. The number of respondents reporting intentions of self-exploration and mental health are similar to a recent large-scale survey on psychedelic usage (self-exploration, 73.3%; mental well-being, 62.4%; Lake and Lucas, 2023).

 

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