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

75-year-old with terminal disease used illegal 'magic mushrooms' after Health Canada denied him legal accessPete 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 pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. The average survival prognosis is three to five years and...