Psilocybin

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A 79-year-old Cape Town astrologer has asked the Pretoria high court to legalise psilocybin, known as magic mushrooms.
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Septuagenarian pushes to decriminalise magic mushrooms in South Africa

The prohibition on psilocybin is an infringement on the right to privacy, Monica Cromhout argues

Emsie Ferreira