"Am I a candidate for magic mushrooms?" A mystery shopper study of Oregon psilocybin service centers

Paper. Adams DR, Hartman M, Gong L et al.. Health Affairs Scholar, 27 Aug 2026.

Tags: Human, Psilocybin, Depression.

Weekly Science Digest, 10 Oct 2026 to 16 Oct 2026, finding 4: Outside the clinic: Oregon, and who gets hurt

Oregon's psilocybin centers screened callers carefully but charge a median $1,900.

In a mystery shopper study of 22 licensed centers, none offered unsupervised use or same-day dosing without psychiatric assessment, and none told callers to stop antidepressants. Staff interviews described centers struggling financially; 4 of 26 had already closed before calls began.

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