Scientists found a surprising potential use for the psychedelic in magic mushrooms

The psychedelic compound that makes magic mushrooms so trippy shows serious promise for protecting cancer patients from years of chronic pain. For people undergoing cancer treatment, the nerve pain associated with blasting the body with chemo can be debilitating. Even worse, the pain and discomfort can last for years — well after the body is done fighting cancer — and there’s no effective treatment that relieves it. Known as peripheral neuropathy, the condition is caused by dam...