Pros and Cons of a Psilocybin Mushroom Trip

Pros

Immediate effects:

• Otherworldly experience

Effects lasting months or years:

• Brings back simple joys of everyday life
• Helps make peace with past traumas, fears, and worries
• Non-addictive
• Anti-addictive
• Anti-depressant
• Stimulates creative thinking

Cons

• Psychological risk for unprepared individuals
• Illegal in most places
• Social stigma against illegal drugs
• Can't be done quickly like beers after work