One University of Arizona researcher has found the real magic behind "magic mushrooms."

Dr. Francisco Moreno, an assistant professor of psychiatry, has successfully treated the symptoms of nine patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder using psilocybin, an active ingredient found in hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Moreno said he first got the idea to begin research with psychedelic mushrooms in 1997 after a patient with OCD disclosed that the hallucinogen had helped subdue the symptoms that accompanied this disease.

To conduct the research, Moreno obtained permits and licenses from the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Food and Drug Administration.

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