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"While some of our subjects reported strong fear or anxiety for a portion of their day-long psilocybin sessions, none reported any lingering harmful effects, and we didn't observe any clinical evidence of harm," Griffiths said.
 
Hallucinogens should not be given to people at risk for psychosis or certain other serious mental disorders, the researchers said.
 
But Griffiths stressed that even those who reported fear said a year later they had no permanent negative effects.
 
Of the volunteers who took the one-day test of psilocybin, 22 of the 36 had a "complete" mystical experience, based on a detailed questionnaire.
 
Griffiths said 21 continued to rate highly on this standardized scale 14 months later.
 
"Even at the 14-month follow-up, 58 percent of 36 volunteers rated the experience on the psilocybin session as among the five most personally meaningful experiences of their lives and 67 percent rated it among the five most spiritually significant experiences of their lives," the researchers said.
 
The report included some comments from the volunteers.
 
"Surrender is intensely powerful. To 'let go' and become enveloped in the beauty of -- in this case music -- was enormously spiritual," one volunteer said.
 
(Reporting by John Joseph; Editing by Steve Addison)
 
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Reuters Photo: A bumble bee collects pollen from a flower in a garden near York, northern England,...
 
Children's knowledge of wildlife comes a poor second to their ability to identify science fiction creatures such as Star Wars characters, according to a survey.
 
The National Trust (NT) poll revealed that while only just over half of children knew what an oak leaf looked like, nine out of 10 were able to identify Jedi Grand Master Yoda.
 
Despite a three-fold increase in the nation's magpie population over the last 30 years, only 29 percent of children were able to recognise the black and white bird, while half could not tell the difference between a bee and a wasp.
 
"It's a sad modern phenomenon that's left many of us, and in particular the younger generations, disconnected from the natural world," said TV naturalist Nick Baker as the NT launched a campaign to encourage families to spend more time outdoors.
 
"In an age where Nintendos and PlayStations compete with tree-climbing and pond-dipping, the virtual world is winning.
 
"With more kids better able to identify a fictitious alien than our national tree, the oak, something needs to be done.
 
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