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Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next - 404 Media

By Becky Ferreira

“We really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into,” said one researcher involved in the first-of-its-kind study that dosed fish with psilocybin, the component in magic mushrooms.

Move over, coked-up salmon
. Fish dosed with psilocybin, the psychoactive component found in magic mushrooms, showed less aggression toward peers compared to their normal behavior in laboratory expe… [+3720 chars]

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Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next - 404 Media

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