Psychedelics helped him deal with terminal illness anxiety, but getting them was a long, strange trip ^19.8%

CBC - By Jennifer Warren - 4/7/2026, 8:00 AM

Negativity Bias 25.5% - Appeal to Emotion 17.8% - Biased Writer Voice 17.2%

Pete Pearson had three reasons for trying psilocybin, or "magic mushrooms," for the first time at age 75. "I hope it will keep me from losing my mind," he told CBC's White Coat, Black Art. "I hope it will keep me from being a complete jerk to everybody, and being so hard on Susie" — his wife. Pete had been diagnosed with idiopathic... more