Psilocybin study finds higher smoking quit rates than nicotine patches

9 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 1

In Johnson's 82-person trial, 52% of the psilocybin group stayed abstinent at six months versus 25% using patches, after cognitive behavioural therapy.
Researchers say the treatment may help by shifting values and increasing behavioural plasticity, though experts caution the mostly white, educated sample was small and included prior psychedelic users.
With smoking still a leading preventable killer and no new US cessation drug in 20 years, a larger NIH-funded multi-site trial is now testing two psilocybin doses.

With such promising results, when will psilocybin therapy become a legal option for quitting smoking?

Can one psychedelic dose truly reset an addicted brain and erase years of smoking habits?