Intensity of psychedelic experiences after taking psilocybin does not depend on body mass index, study suggests

Researchers in the United Kingdom studied whether the effects of psilocybin, a naturally occurring hallucinogenic drug, depend on the body mass index of the person, thereby requiring higher doses for the same effect in heavier people. The results showed that the overall intensity of psychedelic experiences after consuming a 25 mg dose of psilocybin was unaffected by differences in body mass indices of respondents. The study was published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. Psilocybin is a psychedelic drug obtained from certain sorts of fresh and dry mushrooms (“magic mushrooms”). In the huma...